Australia's universities : can they reform?
Babones, Salvatore J.2021
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Struck by simultaneous financial, pedagogical, and ideological challenges, Australia's entire university system stands in desperate need of reform. But good reform requires good data, and each of the major players in Australia's university debate has strong incentives to warp the data in its own favour. In this timely book, sociologist and higher education commentator Salvatore Babones delivers the insights Australians need in order to reform what are, after all, their universities. He demonstrates that (contrary to media accounts) domestic funding has held up relatively well over the last two decades, while international students have actually failed to pay their fair share, He explains how universities have gamed the international rankings by making questionable moral compromises, especially in dealing with China. And he lays out a sensible vision for the future of Commonwealth funding that will expand opportunities while managing costs.
Main title:
Australia's universities : can they reform? / Salvatore Babones.
Author:
Babones, Salvatore J., author
Imprint:
[Pacific Pines, QLD] : Ocean Reeve Publishing, [2021]©2021
Collation:
xii, 205 pages : charts ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction: What are Australia's universities?Chapter 2. Are Australia's universities 'underfunded'?Chapter 3. How many international students are too many?Chapter 4. Is rankings mania warping university priorities?Chapter 5. Have Australia's universities been corrupted by China?Chapter 6. Why are teaching and learning such low priorities?Chapter 7. Conclusion: Can Australia's universities reform?
ISBN:
9781922644817 (paperback)
Dewey class:
379.94
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
781742