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a media service provided by New Statesman A digest of all today’s essential comment and opinion TODAY'S SUMMARY The coalition's plans will turn students into consumers 13 October 2010 In the Guardian, Jonathan Freedland warns that the coalition's higher education plans will turn students into consumers, as the sole measure of a degree becomes how it boosts your future salary. But elsewhere, in the Daily Telegraph , Daniel Knowles argues that the sector has grown too big and expensive to be subsidised by the state. Meanwhile, in the Times, Daniel Finkelstein writes that David Cameron's new definition of "fairness" recognises the importance of reciprocal relationships to a healthy society. In international politics, the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson says that Barack Obama must inspire middle-class black voters to get out and vote if the Democrats are to avoid a humiliating defeat in the midterms. Finally, in Slate, Farhad Manjoo argues that Google's robocars would make driving simpler and that the time has come for technology to take over the wheel. CATEGORIES > UK Politics > International Politics > Economics & Business > Security & Defence > Environment > Science & Technology > Culture, Media & Sport > Health, Family & Society > Education > Human Rights, Law, Justice   If you would rather not receive this email, please unsubscribe from the list. CommentPlus is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. ©CommentPlus 2010. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a valued subscriber to New Statesman. Your email address has not been, and will not be, given to third parties.