RaymondPierreL3<p>In Broken, Graeme <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Turner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turner</span></a> provides a reality check for those who imagine the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> 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 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a>, then explains how the solution lies in an overhaul of the one-size-fits-all approach to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UniversityFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityFunding</span></a>, 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 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a>, rather than the ferocious competitiveness of the marketplace.</p><p>Above all, we need to jettison the current <a href="https://aus.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> focus on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, and re-embrace the idea that higher learning is a fundamental <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicGood</span></a> —and should be funded as such.</p><p>Published by Monash University Press on July 1. </p><p><a href="https://publishing.monash.edu/product/broken/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publishing.monash.edu/product/</span><span class="invisible">broken/</span></a></p>