ABSTRACT

This article explores the regional development role of university campuses in less-advantaged peripheral regions with attention to the role of students. In the international literature, regional campuses are theorized as playing three types of regional development roles: developing regional human capital, contributing to regional innovation and supporting regional community development. A case study of regional campuses in the Australian context identifies that current policy framing overlooks the innovative potential of regional campuses and their students. This paper opens an agenda for further research on regional campuses’ work with ‘non-traditional’ student cohorts and its impacts on the development of peripheral regions.

摘要

本文探讨大学校园在欠发达边缘地区的区域发展作用，同时关注学生的作用。在国际文献中，区域校园被理论化为发挥三种区域发展作用：发展区域人力资本、促进区域创新和支持区域社区发展。澳大利亚背景下的区域校园案例研究表明，当前的政策框架忽视了区域校园及其学生的创新潜力。本文开启了进一步研究区域校园与“非传统”学生群体的合作及其对周边地区发展的影响的议程。