02932nam 2200601 450 991047887580332120210209120805.01-74224-705-91-74224-183-2(CKB)3710000000244424(EBL)1790805(SSID)ssj0001411324(PQKBManifestationID)11803257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001411324(PQKBWorkID)11401209(PQKB)11239121(MiAaPQ)EBC2008112(MiAaPQ)EBC1790805(Au-PeEL)EBL1790805(OCoLC)893685418(EXLCZ)99371000000024442420140927h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA history of the modern Australian university /Hannah Forsyth ; design, Josephine Pajor-Markus ; cover design and illustration, Roy Chen, Xou CreativeSydney, New South Wales :NewSouth,2014.©20141 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-412-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. A history of Australian Universities; 2. Universities Make a Grab for Power; 3. Universities and National Priorities; 4. God-Professors and Student Ratbags; 5. The end of the Golden Age (if there was one); 6. A Clever Country; 7. The DVC Epidemic; 8. Knowledge Factories; 9. Knowledge in the Age of Digital Reproduction; 10. Winners and Losers in Australian Universities; Afterword: What sort of University Do We Want?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn 1857 all of the Arts students at the University of Sydney could fit into a single photograph. Now there are more than one million university students in Australia. After World War II, Australian universities became less elite but more important, growing from six small institutions educating less than 0.2 per cent of the population to a system enrolling over a quarter of high school graduates. And yet, universities today are plagued with ingrained problems. More than 50 per cent of the cost of universities goes to just running them. They now have an explicit commercial focus. They compete biEducation, HigherAustraliaNew South WalesUniversities and collegesAustraliaHistoryElectronic books.Education, HigherUniversities and collegesHistory.378.94Forsyth Hannah1041059Pajor-Markus JosephineChen RoyCreative XouMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910478875803321A history of the modern Australian university2464338UNINA