Shifting the boundaries : the University of Melbourne 1975-2015 / Carolyn Rasmussen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rasmussen, Carolyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Melbourne--History.

University of Melbourne.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 411 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, 2018.

Summary:

The University of Melbourne was already over 110 years old when this history begins. The second oldest university in Australia, it has been graced with a number of histories written by eminent historians. Each of these histories has documented the University's evolution and diversification from the perspective of their time. Shifting the Boundaries: The University of Melbourne 1975-2015 continues that story, but the period covered is entirely within living memory. It pauses at ten-year intervals, the first at 1975, to look back at the previous decade. We are invited to enter the University of Melbourne as a living institution, and to watch it as it responds to changing expectations of students, staff and community, to shifting policy frameworks and to an evolving economic and social context. The principal themes that arc across this story involve massive growth, the evolution towards a research-intensive institution, changing pedagogical imperatives, bureaucratisation and internationalisation in the face of declining public funding.

Contents:

Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Glyn Davis; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Steadying the Ship, 1966-1975; 1 Campus; 2 Students and Staff; 3 Governance; 4 Engagement; II Marking Time, 1976-1985; 5 Campus; 6 Students and Staff; 7 Governance; 8 Engagement; III A University in Need of Reform, 1986-1995; 9 Campus; 10 Students and Staff; 11 Governance; 12 Engagement; IV An Entrepreneurial University, 1996-2005; 13 Campus; 14 Students and Staff; 15 Governance; 16 Engagement; V A New Model for Melbourne, 2006-2015; 17 Campus; 18 Students and Staff 19 Governance20 Engagement; Afterword by Peter McPhee; Significant Dates, 1975-2015; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522872460

0522872468

OCLC:

1088327172