Australian Universities

A history of common cause

Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne

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New South Wales Univ Pres
01 November 2020

Universities; Australian Society

Few of Australia's institutions are as significant or as complex as its universities. This first comprehensive history of Australia's university system explores how universities work and for whom, and how their relationship with each other, their staff and students and the public has evolved over a century.

This book tells the story of how Australia's universities have expanded to usher in an era of much wider participation in higher education, and shaped and been shaped by internationalisation. Since coming together as a system, universities have played a profound role in Australia's development, from making research a national undertaking during the Great Depression and embracing reconstruction after World War II to being at the forefront of the establishment of the internet in Australia.

Australian Universitiesis essential reading for anyone seeking to understand where Australian universities have come from, and where they are heading.

'Australian Universities is an excellent read. It is a story of common endeavour, partnership, and of a steely collective determination to survive and thrive on the global stage.' – Dr Jane den Hollander AO, Professor emerita

By: Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne
Imprint: New South Wales Univ Pres
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781742236735
ISBN 10: 1742236731
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1.A practical federation 2.Australian universities 3.Gaining influence, forgoing autonomy 4.Menzies to Murray 5.Systematisation 6.Free and accountable 7.A unified system 8.International universities

Gwilym Croucher is a Senior Lecturer in the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, and Program Director at the LH Martin Institute. He is a co-author of two histories with Stuart Macintyre and Andre Brett: Life After Dawkins: The University of Melbourne in the Unified National System of Higher Education; and No End of a Lesson: The Creation and Consequences of Australia's Unified National System of Higher Education. James Waghorne is a Senior Research Fellow, who leads the University History Program in the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne. He is the author of Liberty: A History of Civil Liberties in Australia, co-authored with Stuart Macintyre, and The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia, 1914-1936, co-edited with Kate Darian-Smith.

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'Australian Universities is an excellent read. It is a story of common endeavour, partnership, and of a steely collective determination to survive and thrive on the global stage.' --Dr Jane den Hollander AO, Professor emerita