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From culture wars to AI disruption, universities face a reckoning over their role in society

High fees, student dissatisfaction and repeated governance issues dominating the headlines have fuelled an intense political climate for universities. Well before President Donald Trump was re-elected for a second term, the anti-university backlash had taken root both in the United States and here in Australia.

Society & Culture
From culture wars to AI disruption, universities face a reckoning over their role in society
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