10 ‘In the climate of continuing financial restraint’
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Alice Garner
Abstract
The impact of neo-liberalism on the university sector had profound consequences for the Fulbright Program’s ability to support academic research. Bi-nationalism had meant the Australian Fulbright Program was well-funded by the Australian government even as the US government reduced its contribution in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the 1980s further cutbacks meant the program had to turn towards the private sector and corporate funding for support, involve the alumni and to introduce targeted scholarships. This raised dilemmas about autonomy and freedom from interference that had plagued the Fulbright Program throughout its history.
Abstract
The impact of neo-liberalism on the university sector had profound consequences for the Fulbright Program’s ability to support academic research. Bi-nationalism had meant the Australian Fulbright Program was well-funded by the Australian government even as the US government reduced its contribution in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the 1980s further cutbacks meant the program had to turn towards the private sector and corporate funding for support, involve the alumni and to introduce targeted scholarships. This raised dilemmas about autonomy and freedom from interference that had plagued the Fulbright Program throughout its history.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements viii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 ‘Free gift’ or ‘infiltration’? 12
- 2 ‘A steady stream of new problems’ 30
- 3 ‘Bright scientific moles’ v. ‘goodwill ambassador extroverts’ 49
- 4 ‘Mutual benefit’ v. ‘the needs of the country’ 67
- 5 ‘Meeting [our] domestic Communism problem’ 87
- 6 Education, or ‘part of our foreign policy’? 109
- 7 ‘Experience is the only teacher’ 130
- 8 ‘Just because one is a woman’ 149
- 9 From ‘White Australia’ to ‘the race question in America’ 168
- 10 ‘In the climate of continuing financial restraint’ 188
- Conclusion 205
- Bibliography 210
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Bibliography
- Index 221
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements viii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 ‘Free gift’ or ‘infiltration’? 12
- 2 ‘A steady stream of new problems’ 30
- 3 ‘Bright scientific moles’ v. ‘goodwill ambassador extroverts’ 49
- 4 ‘Mutual benefit’ v. ‘the needs of the country’ 67
- 5 ‘Meeting [our] domestic Communism problem’ 87
- 6 Education, or ‘part of our foreign policy’? 109
- 7 ‘Experience is the only teacher’ 130
- 8 ‘Just because one is a woman’ 149
- 9 From ‘White Australia’ to ‘the race question in America’ 168
- 10 ‘In the climate of continuing financial restraint’ 188
- Conclusion 205
- Bibliography 210
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Bibliography
- Index 221
