Abstract
In this chapter, we examine the current shape of the higher education sector, exploring the conditions that can inhibit care. In particular, we consider challenges related to the rapid growth of higher education systems, the political drivers that have led to/fuelled hyper competition and marketisation, the chaotic and conflicting timescapes that impact work in higher education, and the legacy impacts of COVID on the sector. Working from our reading of the literature, we explore how the capacity of an institution and its people to care is constrained by the constellation of these factors. Underlying these considerations, is the key question of whether higher education is a public good or private commodity. We conclude by considering what these debates in the higher education literature might suggest about institutional capacity to care.
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Notes
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The Athena Swan accreditation program provides a framework for institutions to benchmark their practices and implement organisational change to work toward gender equity, diversity, and inclusion within higher education. https://sciencegenderequity.org.au/sage-accreditation-and-awards/sage-pathway-to-athena-swan/.
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We write this as two white women who can only speak to our observations. In full recognition of the importance of representation, we do not speak to these issues with personal insight, instead seeking to learn from colleagues, students, and scholars who discuss these matters in light of first-hand, lived experience. While fully acknowledging the importance of representation, we also feel that to be silent on these matters would be a further erasure of the issues that Bhopal and other scholars raise.
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