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Life After Dawkins: The University of Melbourne in the Unified National System of Higher Education 1988-96
Macintyre, Stuart, Croucher, Gwilym, Brett, Andre
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JNF; JNK; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
The reconstruction of higher education in Australia through the creation of the Unified National System of Higher Education at the end of the 1980s by John Dawkins is commonly seen as a watershed. It brought new ways of funding, directing and organising universities, expanding their size, reorienting their activities and setting in train a far-reaching transformation of the academic enterprise.
This volume traces its impact on the balance between the University of Melbourne’s academic mission and external expectations, and how it adjusted to neutralise the impact of the change and restore the balance. At Melbourne, the Dawkins revolution ... Read more
The reconstruction of higher education in Australia through the creation of the Unified National System of Higher Education at the end of the 1980s by John Dawkins is commonly seen as a watershed. It brought new ways of funding, directing and organising universities, expanding their size, reorienting their activities and setting in train a far-reaching transformation of the academic enterprise.
This volume traces its impact on the balance between the University of Melbourne’s academic mission and external expectations, and how it adjusted to neutralise the impact of the change and restore the balance. At Melbourne, the Dawkins revolution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780522869743
SKU
V9780522869743
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99-35
About Macintyre, Stuart, Croucher, Gwilym, Brett, Andre
Stuart Macintyre is Emeritus Laureate Professor of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a Professorial Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. Gwilym Croucher is a higher education researcher, analyst and policy adviser at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Andre Brett is a historian of nineteenth century colonialism.
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