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Australian universities are not happy places. Despite the shiny rhetoric of excellence, quality, innovation and creativity, universities face a barrage of criticism over claims of declining standards, decreased funding, compromised assessment, increased vocationalism, overburdened academics and never-ending reviews and restructures. In a scathing insider expos??, Dr. Richard Hil lifts the lid on a higher education system that???s corporatised beyond recognition, steeped in bureaucracy and dominated by marketing and PR imperatives rather than intellectual pursuit. Fearless, ferocious and often funny, Whackademia exposes a world that stands in stark contrast to the slogans and mottos joyously promoted by our universities. Raising bold questions that go to the heart of Australian higher education, Whackademia is an unsentimental call for a re-enlightened higher education sector that???s not only about revenue, efficiencies and corporate profile.
| Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
| Introduction: Grounds for complaint | p. 9 |
| A tertiary odyssey | p. 26 |
| Sexing up Whackademia | p. 47 |
| Taking care of busyness | p. 71 |
| Production-line teaching | p. 101 |
| Research, metrics and money | p. 131 |
| Governing Whackademia | p. 162 |
| Enough complaint, now what? | p. 193 |
| Conclusion: Seeing through Whackademia | p. 221 |
| References and further reading | p. 230 |
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ISBN: 9781742232911
ISBN-10: 1742232914
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 224
Published: 1st June 2012
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3
x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.299
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