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Internationally respected sociologist and pioneering education reformer Raewyn Connell reveals the necessary steps to rectify the sector´s crisis of sustainability

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The higher education industry might seem like it´s booming, with over 200 million students in universities and colleges worldwide and funds flowing in like never before. But the truth is that these institutions have never been unhappier places to work. Corporate-style management, cost-cutting governments, mobilisations by angry students and strikes by a disgruntled workforce have taken their toll - in almost every country around the world. It´s no wonder that there is talk of ´universities in crisis.´

But what should a ´good university´ look like? In this inspiring new work, Raewyn Connell asks us to consider just that, challenging us to rethink the fundamentals of what universities do. Drawing on the examples offered by pioneering universities and educational reformers around the world, Connell outlines a practical vision for how our universities can become both more engaging and more productive places, driven by social good rather than profit, helping to build fairer societies.
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Introduction
1. Making the Knowledge: Research

Being a researcher
The work of research
The knowledge formation
Research and truth
2. Learning and Teaching

The work of learning
The course being run
The work of teaching
3. The Collective Intellectual: University Workers

Intellectuals
Operations workers
Academic workers
Sustainability crisis
4. The Global Economy of Knowledge

Imperial science
Making a world university system
Making a worldwide workforce
Multiple knowledge formations and Southern theory
5. Privilege Machines

The dark side of the university
Making advantage happen
Breaching the walls
Machine limits
6. The University Business

The maelstrom
What enterprise universities sell
The managers
Telling lies about universities
Maelstrom reconsidered
7. Universities of Hope

Histories of invention
Contemporaries
Struggle and joy: lessons of experience
8. The Good University

The choice of futures
Criteria for a good university...
...and a good university system
Manifestos and visions
Taking action

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