Jock McCardell is responsible for business development and special projects at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. For eight years, he has conducted conferences, seminars and workshops for various university departments, counseled and administered undergraduate and postgraduate students, developed shortcourses in various aspects of management, and, at present, identifies and secures new business opportunities for the University of New England.
Mr. McCardell has been both businessman and educator. Before entering academic life, he was an agricultural consultant and worked in the import and export of forest products, so he brings a perspective rooted in both the private and public sectors.
We asked him to present his views on the current ferment in Australian higher education within the context of the worldwide work revolution. He says, "My interests lie in the future of work, not exclusively out of self-interest, but also on behalf of my children who, with much misgiving, have just entered the portals of academe. Australia, being a near neighbour of developing countries, one of which, Papua New Guinea, is in parts just emerging from the stone age, also provides focus for concern over whether such countries can change course to avoid an increasingly obsolete and hazardous model of development."
Mr. McCardell's remarks now include an addendum in which he examines the implications of the Australian Federal elections held in early March 1996.
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