COVID-19 has caused a brutal reappraisal of the value of higher education and the university business model. Universities Australia estimates a revenue shortfall of up to $4.5 billion in 2020 with international student demand dropping by up to 50 per ...

Glyn Davis begins his elongated essay, The Australian Idea of a University, as good storytellers do: with an anecdote. Around 15 years ago, Rutgers University, an American collegiate icon, thought it was safe. There was a relative newcomer on the ...