Richard Hil

Whackademia: An Insider's Account of the Troubled University

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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 expose, 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 st… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-74223-291-1
EAN: 9781742232911
Produktnummer: 13105894
Verlag: Univ Of New South Wales Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 239 S.
Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.2 cm 300 g
Gewicht: 300

Über den Autor

Richard Hil is an honorary associate at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, the coauthor of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage, and the coeditor of Surviving Care: Achieving Justice and Healing for the Forgotten Australians. His articles have been published in the Australian, Australian Universities Review, and Campus Review.