The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education
The aim of this paper is to analyse the changes in Australian higher education policy over the past two decades. Using frame analysis, two shifts in higher education policy are identified. The first is in the late 1980s where the view of higher education as having a broad social, economic and cultur...
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| description | The aim of this paper is to analyse the changes in Australian higher education policy over the past two decades. Using frame analysis, two shifts in higher education policy are identified. The first is in the late 1980s where the view of higher education as having a broad social, economic and cultural role was changed to one that emphasised expansion, marketisation and competition. The second is currently taking place in which universities are becoming seen as business competitors in a global higher education market, and as such, privatisation and deregulation are centrally important. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of frame analysis as a way of examining the systemic effects of policy decisions in a way that draws together and uncovers how the various and complex forces of government policies and broader social and economic events combine to create the difficult terrain through which universities must now plot a course. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-417152017-09-13T16:05:06Z The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education Pick, David Australian Policy Frame Analysis Higher Education Framing The aim of this paper is to analyse the changes in Australian higher education policy over the past two decades. Using frame analysis, two shifts in higher education policy are identified. The first is in the late 1980s where the view of higher education as having a broad social, economic and cultural role was changed to one that emphasised expansion, marketisation and competition. The second is currently taking place in which universities are becoming seen as business competitors in a global higher education market, and as such, privatisation and deregulation are centrally important. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of frame analysis as a way of examining the systemic effects of policy decisions in a way that draws together and uncovers how the various and complex forces of government policies and broader social and economic events combine to create the difficult terrain through which universities must now plot a course. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41715 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00319.x Blackwell Publishing restricted |
| spellingShingle | Australian Policy Frame Analysis Higher Education Framing Pick, David The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title | The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title_full | The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title_fullStr | The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title_short | The Re-Framing of Australian Higher Education |
| title_sort | re-framing of australian higher education |
| topic | Australian Policy Frame Analysis Higher Education Framing |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41715 |