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I hope some on this list would be interested in my new book on the crisis in the universities. Published in Monash UPO's In the National Interest series, it is called
<i>Broken: Universities, politics and the public good.</i></div>
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In part, the blurb goes like this:</div>
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In <i>Broken</i>, Graeme Turner provides a reality check for those who imagine the academic life is one of privilege and leisure, laying bare the enormous challenges and lack of hope experienced by many in academia. He unearths the foundations of this crisis,
then explains how the solution lies in an overhaul of the one-size-fits-all approach to university funding, the establishment of genuine full-time career paths, and the formation of an independent body to ensure our university system serves the national interest
in both teaching and research, rather than the ferocious competitiveness of the marketplace.</div>
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Above all, we need to jettison the current economic focus on education, and re-embrace the idea that higher learning is a fundamental public good—and should be funded as such.</div>
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<b>Published by Monash University Press on July 1. https://publishing.monash.edu/product/broken/</b></div>
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I am doing launches in Canberra (July 8), Sydney (July 10), Melbourne (July 15), Brisbane (July 16) and Adelaide (July 23). Full details of the launches can be found on my blog at
<a href="https://graemeturner.org/2025/06/10/broken-universities-politics-and-the-public-good/" id="LPlnk138639">
https://graemeturner.org/2025/06/10/broken-universities-politics-and-the-public-good/</a></div>
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Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA</div>
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School of Communication and Arts</div>
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University of Queensland<br>
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Blog: graemeturner.org</div>
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Twitter/X: Graeme Turner@GraemeTurn2947</div>
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