Questioning Care in Higher Education

Sally Baker is a sociologist of higher education and forced migration at the Australian National University. Sally’s advocacy and research interests explore the nexus between higher education, language, and forced migration, contributing to the push for better educational opportunities and outcomes for culturally and linguistically marginalised students, especially refugee communities, in resettlement systems like Australia.Rachel Burke is an applied linguist at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Rachel’s research, advocacy, and teaching promote equitable access to education, particularly in contexts of forced migration and resettlement, with emphasis on linguistic rights and strengths-based, healing-focused, and community-led approaches to language learning.Sally and Rachel are Co-Chairs of the Australian Refugee Education Special Interest Group for/with students from refugee backgrounds.

• Introduction.- Part 1: Setting out the context.- What is care?.- What do universities care about?.- What hinders care in higher education?.- Part 2: Where does care fit in higher education?.- Are universities caring institutions?.- Why care?.- Why is caring considered radical in higher education?.- Part 3: Moving towards a more caring university.- Rethinking institutional care in higher education.- Imagining more caring universities.