Whackademia : an insider's account of the troubled university / / Richard Hill

• Autore: Hill Richard <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Sydney, Australia : , : New South, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.8
• Soggetto topico: College environment; College environment - Australia; Universities and colleges - Social aspects - Australia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Grounds for complaint; 1: A tertiary odyssey; 2: Sexing up Whackademia; 3: Taking care of busyness; 4: Production-line teaching; 5: Research, metrics and money; 6: Governing Whackademia; 7: Enough complaint, now what?; Conclusion: Seeing through Whackademia; References and further reading
• Sommario/riassunto: A scathing insider exposé, this account lifts the lid on a higher education system that's corporatized beyond recognition, steeped in bureaucracy, and dominated by marketing and PR imperatives rather than intellectual pursuit. Fearless, ferocious, and often funny, this exposes a world that stands in stark contrast to the slogans and mottos joyously promoted by Australia's universities. Raising bold questions that go to the heart of Australian higher education, this is an unsentimental call for a reenlightened higher education sector that's not only about revenue, efficiencies, and corporate pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Whackademia
• ISBN: 1-74224-586-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910479891903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II