Widening Minds

**Professor Tom Frame** was born at Sydney in 1962. He joined the Royal Australian Naval College in January 1979. He has completed a BA (Hons) and PhD degrees in history at the University of NSW, and a Dip.Ed. at Melbourne University. He was ordained in 1993 and held parish appointments in Australia and England where he also completed a MA (Hons) in Applied Theology at Canterbury. Consecrated in June 2001, he was appointed Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force. Since January 2007 he has been Director of St Mark’s National Theological Centre and Head of the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University. Professor Frame is the author or co-author of more than twenty books on a range of topics.

• A note on titles and acronymsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsDedicationForewordIntroduction1 The universities and service officer education, 1901–19662 Firm foundations and the faculty solution, 1964–19673 Establishing a tradition, 1967–19724 The University as a unifying agent in Defence, 1967–19755 The Academy commitment, 1974–19766 The joint educational enterprise, 1970–19807 From autonomy to uncertainty, 1975–19788 Parliamentary works and political will, 1978–19819 From affiliation to Academy, 1981–198610 Reviews, reforms and restructures, 1986–199511 Controversy and consolidation, 1996–199812 Commercial contracts and institutional partnerships, 1999–200413 Stability and sustainment, 2005–201714 Observations and conclusionsNotesIndex