{"product_id":"broken-graeme-ao-turner-9781923192270","title":"Broken: Universities, Politics \u0026 the Public Good","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strong higher education system is fundamental to civil society. The building of knowledge and the dissemination of information is vital to the proper functioning of our democracy. At the economic level, higher education is in the top three of our export industries; international students have become central to the hospitality, retail and agricultural economies; and the country desperately needs well-trained, knowledgeable citizens to shore up its future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, in February 2024, a detailed review of higher education in this country concluded that the system is broken and urgently needs fixing. The problems that afflict it are legion, including over-investment in international enrolment, an epidemic of casualisation and the burning out of a generation of academics, culture wars over the content and orientation of university research and teaching, the lack of sectoral coordination around the national interest, and the consequences of decades of funding cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBroken\u003c\/i\u003e, Graeme Turner provides a reality check for those who imagine the academic life is one of privilege and leisure, laying bare the enormous challenges and lack of hope experienced by many in academia. He unearths the foundations of this crisis, then explains how the solution lies in an overhaul of the one-size-fits-all approach to university funding, the establishment of genuine full-time career paths, and the formation of an independent body to ensure our university system serves the national interest in both teaching and research, rather than the ferocious competitiveness of the marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove all, we need to jettison the current economic focus on education, and re-embrace the idea that higher learning is a fundamental public good--and should be funded as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Graeme Ao Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923192272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923192270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Graeme Ao Turner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089471254783,"sku":"9781923192270","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d335ba35-4de6-4336-9a3d-1bb7bce76fe8.jpg?v=1769110462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-graeme-ao-turner-9781923192270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}