Overview
Australian Universities: A conversation about public good highlights contemporary challenges facing Australian universities and offers new ideas for expanding public good. More than 20 experts take up the debate about our public universities: who they are for; what their mission is (or should be); what strong higher education policy entails; and how to cultivate a robust and constructive relationship between government and Australian universities. Issues covered include: - How to change a culture of exclusion to ensure all are welcome in universities, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as well as those from low socio-economic backgrounds. - How "educational disadvantage" in Australia often begins in school and is still the major barrier to full university participation. - The reality that funding for research and major infrastructure requires significant additional funds from non-government sources (e.g. international student fees). - A lack of policy recognition that international university students increase Australia's social, cultural and economic capital. - Pathways to making policy decisions wide-ranging, consultative, inclusive and inspired rather than politically partisan and ideologically driven. - The impact of COVID-19 on universities, and particularly how the pandemic and governmental responses exacerbated extant and emerging issues. Australian Universities rekindles a much-needed conversation about the vital role of public universities in our society, arguing for initiatives informed by the realities of university life and offering a way forward for government, communities, students and public universities - together - to advance public good. 9781743328705 1743328702 0 BOOK http://books.google.com/books/content?id=SBFUzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api http://books.google.com/books/content?id=SBFUzwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api en 9781743328705
- | Author: Julia Horne, Matthew A.M. Thomas
- | Publisher: Sydney University Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 282 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1743328702
- | ISBN-13: 9781743328705
