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A history of the modern Australian university /

In 1857 all of the Arts students at the University of Sydney could fit into a single photograph. Now there are more than one million university students in Australia. After World War II, Australian universities became less elite but more important, growing from six small institutions educating less...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forsyth, Hannah (Autor)
Otros Autores: Pajor-Markus, Josephine (Diseñador), Chen, Roy (Ilustrador, Diseñador de portada), Creative, Xou (Ilustrador, Diseñador de portada)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; 1. A history of Australian Universities; 2. Universities Make a Grab for Power; 3. Universities and National Priorities; 4. God-Professors and Student Ratbags; 5. The end of the Golden Age (if there was one); 6. A Clever Country; 7. The DVC Epidemic; 8. Knowledge Factories; 9. Knowledge in the Age of Digital Reproduction; 10. Winners and Losers in Australian Universities; Afterword: What sort of University Do We Want?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.