
Raising the Stakes
Gambling with the Future of Universities
- 314 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A comprehensive guide to the future of Australian higher education and the challenges it faces.
In this fully revised new edition, Peter Coaldrake and Lawrence Stedman probe the state of Australian higher education and its future. Their seminal analysis of the challenges faced by the higher education sector has been updated with revisions and a new chapter that addresses current policy and proposed reforms.
They argue that neither the market nor central government will be able to shape higher education in an optimal way. Facing greater competition and reduced prospects for public funding, universities themselves must provide the impetus and take responsibility for change as they adapt to complex and uncertain futures. This insightful analysis is essential reading for professionals and scholars in the field of higher education who seek to understand the forces shaping the future of universities in Australia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Author biographies
- Title page
- Dedications
- Contents
- 1. Tackling myths
- 2. The role of universities in the twenty-first century
- 3. Models of the Australian university
- 4. Driving mass diversity
- 5. Funding for performance: The case of teaching
- 6. Being world class
- 7. Weapons of mass instruction
- 8. Picking up the tab: Cost, quality and sustainability
- 9. The big deregulation gamble
- 10. The scholarship of fools? Governance and management
- 11. Facing the realities
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Imprint Page