Journal article
Australian Public Universities: A crisis of governance
Social Alternatives, Vol.41(1), pp.17-25
01/01/2022
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Abstract
In dialogue with other articles within this special issue, in this article we argue that the financial crisis triggered by the onset of COVID-19 is revealing a failed governance structure within Australian public universities that has ultimately enabled the conditions that led to the crisis currently before us. We suggest that the impact of COVID-19 has laid bare a series of problems that were in the process of unfolding years before the pandemic hit. Finally, we will examine this failure of leadership through the lens of the statutory nature and governance structures of Australian public universities, cast against the current rhetoric that metaphorically equates universities with commercial corporations, to determine the extent to which such a metaphor is accurate, and ultimately (we contend) detrimental to an effective and efficient university sector.
Details
- Title
- Australian Public Universities: A crisis of governance
- Creators
- Alessandro Pelizzon - Southern Cross UniversityRenaud Joannes-Boyau - Southern Cross UniversityStephen Lake - Université Paris CitéAdam Lucas - University of WollongongAdrian McCallum - University of the Sunshine CoastDavid Noble - Southern Cross UniversityJustin O'Connor - University of South AustraliaJohn Orr - Southern Cross UniversityGerd Schroder-Turk - Murdoch UniversityPeter Tregear - University of MelbourneOliver Vodeb - RMIT University
- Publication Details
- Social Alternatives, Vol.41(1), pp.17-25
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Identifiers
- 991013021334402368
- Copyright
- © Social Alternatives 2022.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; Law; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article