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John Tomaney
This article examines the role of universities in regional development. It is a response toHarloe and Perry’s call for empirical case studies of different types of higher educationinstitutions operating in different regional and national systems and circumstances, inorder to reveal the links between contemporary social and economic transitions andchanges in higher education and its institutions. The article situates the contemporarytransformation of the Australian university in the context of the global tension betweenthe pursuit of excellence and accessibility. It shows the particular way in which thistension is expressed in the context of a distinctive Australian political economy of highereducation through a case study of one of Australia’s leading universities.
