Life After Dawkins
The University of Melbourne in the Unified National System of Higher Education
Stuart Macintyre author Gwilym Croucher author Andre Brett author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Published:30th Apr '16
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 changed little in the way it understood itself and conducted its affairs, but changed everything.
ISBN: 9780522869743
Dimensions: 211mm x 142mm x 16mm
Weight: 352g
186 pages