The Australian Idea of a University
By (Author) Glyn Davis
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
10th November 2017
Australia
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
378.994
Paperback
176
Width 127mm, Height 196mm, Spine 15mm
172g
Universities, like other industries, are challenged by disruptive market forces. Today there are nearly forty public universities in Australia. Some predict that by 2070 there may be only ten institutions left globally to deliver higher education. Relentless inventiveness and entrepreneurial agendas promise students a world of unbounded study options. In this powerful meditation on the need for institutional diversity, Glyn Davis argues that experimentation, innovation and resilience are the only way the public university will endure.
Glyn Davis is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne.