Open AccessDisruptive Changing Higher Education Ecosystems: Have University Academics Been Gazumped?
Author(s) -
Warrick R Long,
Lisa Barnes,
Maria T Northcote,
Anthony Williams
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
frontiers in education technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-1854
pISSN - 2576-1846
DOI - 10.22158/fet.v4n2p12
Subject(s) - corporatization , higher education , curriculum , asset (computer security) , workload , sociology , productivity , pedagogy , public relations , political science , management , economic growth , economics , computer security , computer science , law
Continual reforms in the Australian Higher Education Sector result in ongoing significant changes to the experiences of the Australian academic. As a result, massification, internationalisation and corporatization form the landscape of academia in Australia. The Australian University Accounting Academic (AUAA) faces ongoing challenges and opportunities within this dynamic academic environment, and this study explores these challenges in relation to teaching themed issues that confront the AUAA. By using a questionnaire and interviews with AUAAs, three themes emerged, being curriculum, teaching workload, and the impact of online teaching. The “ASSET” support framework is developed from these conversations with the AUAA’s to help them become an “asset” to the university during these times of disruptive change instead of allowing the system to “gazump” them.