Australian universities in crisis

<p>Australian universities are confronting a firestorm, the loss of foreign students, the lay-off of academics, the underpayment of staff and radical changes to domestic university fees.</p><p>Why is our university sector in so much trouble?</p><p>Guests </p><p>Raewyn Connell, professor emerita at the University of Sydney</p><p>Professor Glyn Davis, The Australian idea of a university</p><p>Hannah Forsyth, historian of education and associate Professor at the University of New England</p><p>James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow in the faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne</p><p>Presenter and producer Annabelle Quince</p>