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No end of a lesson : Australia's unified national system of higher education /
A revolution swept through universities three decades ago, transforming them from elite institutions into a mass system of higher education. Teaching was aligned with occupational outcomes, research was directed to practical results. Campuses grew and universities became more entrepreneurial. Studen...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Melbourne University Press,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Dawkins Takes Charge, 1987; 2 The Winds of Change; The Predicament of Higher Education; Australia Reconstructed; He Who Pays the Piper; The Search for Solutions; Changes Abroad; 3 How to Proceed?; Higher Education as a Market; Rethinking the Role of the State; The Collapse of the Policy Community; Few Friends; 4 A Unified National System; Abolition of CTEC; A Statement of Intent; The Green Paper; User Pays; Joining the Unified National System; The New Model of Higher Education; 5 Amalgamations
- The ProcessThe Pattern; Success and Failure in Two Regional Amalgamations; Success and Failure in Four Metropolitan Amalgamations; How Unified was the National System?; 6 Compliance; Equity and Access; Credit Transfer and the Competency Movement; Staff Management; Governing Bodies and University Management; Sticks and Carrots; 7 Finance; Funding Expansion; The Allocation of Funds; Performance-Based Funding-and Three Years of Rewards for Quality; International Fees; Domestic Fees; A Higher Education Market?; 8 Teaching; Changes in Provision; Open Learning; Teaching the Teacher
- The Student Experience9 Research; Setting Directions; Concentration and Selectivity; Competition and Control; Research Training; Innovation, Commercialisation and Public Research; 10 The University Changed; Growth; Convergence and Differentiation; The University Brand; Management; Managers and Managed; Conclusion; Lament for the Lost University; The Durability of the Unified National System; A Final Reckoning; Notes; Bibliography; Index