Good University

Raewyn Connell is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney. She is a highly-cited researcher in social science and an experienced teacher who has worked in universities around the world. She remains an active trade unionist and advocate for workers’ rights, student autonomy and educational reform. Her books include Masculinities (2005), Southern Theory (2007) and Gender: In World Perspective (2015).

• Introduction1. Making the Knowledge: ResearchBeing a researcherThe work of researchThe knowledge formationResearch and truth2. Learning and TeachingThe work of learningThe course being runThe work of teaching3. The Collective Intellectual: University WorkersIntellectualsOperations workersAcademic workersSustainability crisis4. The Global Economy of KnowledgeImperial scienceMaking a world university systemMaking a worldwide workforceMultiple knowledge formations and Southern theory5. Privilege MachinesThe dark side of the universityMaking advantage happenBreaching the wallsMachine limits6. The University BusinessThe maelstromWhat enterprise universities sellThe managersTelling lies about universitiesMaelstrom reconsidered7. Universities of HopeHistories of inventionContemporariesStruggle and joy: lessons of experience8. The Good UniversityThe choice of futuresCriteria for a good university......and a good university systemManifestos and visionsTaking action

In The Good University Raewyn Connell provides a powerful and expansive critique of the current state of higher education. This lucid and important book makes clear that the global state of higher education is at a crossroads.