Australian Universities: A conversation about public good

About the book

Australian Universities: A conversation about public good highlights contemporary challenges facing Australian universities and offers new ideas for expanding public good. More than 20 experts take up the debate about our public universities: who they are for; what their mission is (or should be); what strong higher education policy entails; and how to cultivate a robust and constructive relationship between government and Australian universities. Australian Universities rekindles a much-needed conversation about the vital role of public universities in our society, arguing for initiatives informed by the realities of university life and offering a way forward for government, communities, students and public universities - together - to advance public good.

About the speakers

Glyn Davis, Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Head of the Australian Public Service, is a public policy specialist, and author of The Australian Idea of a University (MUP 2017).

Julia Horne, Professor of History at the University of Sydney, works on the history and politics of Australian higher education, and is co-editor of Australian Universities-A conversation about public good (SUP 2022).

Susan Goodwin, Professor of Policy Studies at the University of Sydney, undertakes research on social policy and social change, and is co-editor of Higher Education, Pedagogy and Social Justice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

Gwilym Croucher, Associate Professor in Higher Education Policy and Management, is a higher education analyst, and co-author of Australian Universities: a history of common cause (UNSW Press, 2020)

Moderator : Kylie Message-Jones, Director, ANU Humanities Research Centre, is Professor of Public Humanities, researches the relationships between cultural organizations, citizenship, government, and political reform movements, and is author of Collecting Activism, Archiving Occupy Wall Street (Routledge 2019).

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