March 24, 2000
Controversial Book Blasting Australian Higher Education Sells Briskly; 'Virginia Quarterly Review' Celebrates 75th Anniversary
When Melbourne University Press rejected a planned book of essays savaging Australian higher education, members of the editorial board claimed the decision was purely commercial: The book would not sell enough copies.
Their judgment contradicted the recommendation of the press's senior editor, Teresa Pitt, and suspicions remain that one of Australia's oldest university presses was simply scared of the book. The controversy, covered blow-by-blow in Australian
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