Major changes in government policy and institutional management have impacted adversely on Australian university academics who tend to be highly critical of the new directions and their effects on the academic profession. Academics strongly oppose reduced government funding per student unit, higher workloads and new styles of corporatist…

Examines financial and ideological aspects of increased market orientation in Australian higher education. A common policy response to increased costs of mass higher education has been to pressure institutions into seeking a higher proportion of revenue from non-government sources, even rewarding institutions for non-government funding secured.…