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Aiming Higher

Name: Aiming Higher
Author: George Williams

Universities and the future of Australian Democracy

George Williams,

English
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eBook - ePub

Aiming Higher

Universities and the future of Australian Democracy

George Williams,

About this book

The time has come for a reckoning in the Australian higher education.

Decades of policy decisions have made access to higher education harder for those who need it most.

Public trust and community confidence in universities in Australia and overseas are at all-time lows.

Political sentiment has shifted. Our centres of higher learning have leapfrogged big business to become easy political targets. And it's no surprise; the sector has scored its fair share of own goals over the handling of staff underpayment, Vice-Chancellor salaries, antisemitism, free speech and safety on campus.

Ad hoc and insufficient government funding has forced universities down the path of corporatisation, drifting away from their role as public institutions with the mission to serve the public good.

Professor George Williams, drawing on his expertise in Australian constitutional law and democracy, outlines necessary changes to Australian higher education. Universities need to claim agency, tackle the issues within their control, and replace self-interest with a genuine commitment to putting their students and communities first. Without a reset the future looks grim. Our universities need to guard against misinformation and foster the next generation; the nation requires critical thinkers, researchers and innovators more than ever.

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