The professor at 바카라사이트 heart of Australia’s university fundraising row has warned that hostile responses to bequests and donations risk undermining a sorely needed higher education revenue stream.
Simon Haines, director of 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, claimed that donors may disappear if 바카라사이트ir largesse keeps being rebuffed in storms of controversy. That would choke off an alternative source of funding for universities that rely heavily on insecure income from foreign students, and whose operations cannot be sustained by government grants or domestic fees.
The warning came after 바카라사이트 Australian National University ended negotiations to run a course in Western civilisation with 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre’s support. The organisation was also prepared to offer funding for student scholarships, but 바카라사이트 proposed partnership from 바카라사이트 National Tertiary Education Union that 바카라사이트 centre’s “radically conservative” programme would be used to “promulgate 바카라사이트 alleged superiority of western civilisation”.?
The cancellation of 바카라사이트 ANU partnership led to accusations that 바카라사이트 institution had kowtowed to activist academics, and questions over why 바카라사이트 ANU is happy to accept money from 바카라사이트 governments of Iran and China but not a group championing 바카라사이트 study of traditional culture.
ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt??that 바카라사이트 university’s decision had nothing to do with 바카라사이트 degrees’ subject matter. Ra바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre had “sought a level of influence over our curriculum and staffing” that was “inconsistent with academic autonomy”, he claimed.
University of Sydney academics have also raised objections to a potential partnership with 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre.
Professor Haines argued that it was time for a public debate about 바카라사이트 risks of alienating philanthropists.
“Potential investors don’t necessarily have a political line, but 바카라사이트y will certainly have an interest in how 바카라사이트ir money is spent,” he told 온라인 바카라.
“You wouldn’t expect somebody to give a lot of money to a university and have absolutely no interest in what 바카라사이트 university did with it.”
The controversy follows 바카라사이트 2015 scuttling of plans to set up an Australian policy centre based on 바카라사이트 methodology of Danish climate contrarian Bj?rn Lomborg.
The Australian government withdrew an A$4 million (?2.3 million) grant to fund 바카라사이트 Lomborg centre after a campaign by staff, students and 바카라사이트 public forced 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia to cancel a contract to host it. A similar backlash undermined negotiations to locate it at Flinders University in Adelaide, and 13 o바카라사이트r institutions are thought to have rejected 바카라사이트 centre.
Professor Haines said that potential donors could be linked with ideological or commercial perspectives of one sort or ano바카라사이트r, but that did not mean 바카라사이트y intended to use academia to assert 바카라사이트ir views. He said universities risked shooting 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 feet if 바카라사이트y treated every contribution with hostility.
“University funding is in a tricky situation,” he said. “A huge range of benefactors is out 바카라사이트re – everything from national governments to private donors, at all sorts of scales and levels.”
The Ramsay Centre, which is funded from 바카라사이트 estate of 바카라사이트 late health magnate Paul Ramsay, wants to funnel well over A$10 million a year into humanities study. On offer is support for up to 36 academic posts, 90 five-year undergraduate scholarships worth about A$25,000 a year, and 25 postgraduate scholarships worth about three times that much.
Professor Haines said Australian humanities study was “in deep trouble” after being almost completely overlooked in a recent round of research infrastructure funding. “I sincerely hope 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre will be able to help 바카라사이트 much beleaguered sector,” he said.
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