{"product_id":"preserving-the-past-the-university-of-sydney-and-the-unified-national-system-of-higher-education-1987-96-paperback-softback-9780522871395","title":"Preserving the Past; The University of Sydney and the Unified National System of Higher Education, 1987-96 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780522871395","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePreserving the Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe University of Sydney and the Unified National System of Higher Education, 1987-96\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Horne (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780522871395\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 13.5 x 1 cm, 0.215 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Dawkins reforms of the late 1980s and the creation of the Unified National System roused passions at many universities across the nation over fears for the academic enterprise and Australia’s system of free, public university education. With much at stake, the Dawkins reforms became a hot topic of discussion across university campuses, and even between vice-chancellors and state education ministers. Vice-chancellors were threatened with motions of no-confidence, staff argued furiously against change and students protested against fees, yet mostly to no avail. The reforms were introduced and universities became subject to new ways of funding by the Commonwealth that changed the way higher education was organized in Australia.This volume tells the story of the Dawkins reforms at Australia’s oldest university, the University of Sydney, and the unlikely alliance between the University’s vice-chancellor and the New South Wales government in the scramble for more students. Between 1988 and 1996, the University grew exponentially. At the same time it strove to preserve its honoured past despite profound change. Did this desire to preserve an older tradition compromise its effort to master the future?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Melbourne University Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530952634648,"sku":"9780522871395","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/preserving-the-past-the-university-of-sydney-and-the-unified-national-system-of-higher-education-1987-96-paperback-softback-9780522871395","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}