Hegemony, Big Money and Academic Independence

Autor/in	Anderson, Tim
Titel	Hegemony, Big Money and Academic Independence
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 52 (2010) 2, S.11-17 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; School Business Relationship; Governance; Corporate Support; Power Structure; Politics of Education; Conflict of Interest; Institutional Autonomy; Academic Freedom; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Interessenkonflikt; Institutionelle Autonomie; Akademische Freiheit; Australien; USA
Abstract	This article considers whether a threat is posed to academic independence in corporate universities by the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney. The USSC rapidly worked its way into Australia's oldest university, building a unique governance structure in which a private business lobby vets senior academics and controls the Centre's finances. Despite a secret management agreement, the aims, control mechanisms and some of the outcomes of this project are fairly plain. The Centre has undermined academic independence, dressed up the business lobby's agenda as "normal" academic activity, and has raised broader questions about the capacity of the corporate university to manage conflicts of interest. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10