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Whackademia : an insider's account of the troubled university

Author:Richard Hil

Summary: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

Print Book, English, 2012

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, Australia, 2012

Physical Description:239 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781742232911, 1742232914

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:770935574

Subjects:

College environment

College environment Australia

Milieu universitaire Australie

Universités Aspect social Australie

Universities and colleges Social aspects

Universities and colleges Social aspects Australia

Contents:

Introduction: grounds for complaint

a tertiary odyssey

Sexing up whackademia

Taking care of busyness

Production-line teaching

Research, metrics and money

Governing whackademia

Enough complaint, what now?

conclusion: seeing through whackademia