Service to the country? Ambivalences and ambiguities in the social and cultural dimensions of Australia's first regional university (1,2). From: Rural Society | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1999 eContent Management Pty Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Introduction

We have called this paper 'Service to the country?' because this interrogative phrase sums up the puzzling nature of a university's commitment to its host community and to its wider region. (3) We have chosen to focus on its social and cultural 'contribution'. This is a hazy area, shot through with ambiguity and ambivalence.

We attempt, in this paper, both to identify and to make some sense of these ambiguities and ambivalences. We do this by:

1. reviewing some of the social and cultural impacts of a university in its region, distinguishing between those ...

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