The Australian idea of a university /

Universities, like other industries, are challenged by disruptive market forces. Today there are nearly forty public universities in Australia. Some predict that by 2070 there may be only ten institutions left globally to deliver higher education. Relentless inventiveness and entrepreneurial agendas...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Glyn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Australia.
Education, Higher > Australia.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Australian.
Universités > Australie.
Enseignement supérieur > Australie.
Education, Higher.
Universities and colleges.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Australia.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; 1 End of the line?; Cycles of innovation; Disrupting the public university; 2 The metropolitan university; Path dependency; A British setting; Origins of an Australian university; The path begins; The metropolitan idea; 3 Attempts to leave the path; The second wave of institutions; Diversity and a third wave of new universities; Academic culture; 4 A unified national system; Beyond the borders; The Dawkins moment; Assessing the changes; Convergence; Policy choices; 5 What next?; Diversity as prudence; Can public universities cope?; Policy design
  • The futureAcknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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