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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793558403321

Autore

Macintyre Stuart <1947-2021, >

Titolo

No end of a lesson : Australia's unified national system of higher education / / Stuart Macintyre, AndreĢ Brett, Gwilym Croucher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlton, Victoria : , : Melbourne University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-522-87191-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 332 pages)

Disciplina

378.94

Soggetti

Higher education and state - Australia

Universities and colleges - Australia - History

Education, Higher - Australia - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-317) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Students had to juggle their study requirements with paid work, and were required to pay back part of the cost of their degrees. The federal government directed this transformation through the creation of a Unified National System. How did this happen? What were the gains and the losses? No End of a Lesson explores this radical reconstruction and assesses its consequences.