Purpose

The purpose of DASSH is to lead and promote the arts, social sciences and humanities, nationally and internationally. In so doing DASSH will advocate for the role of teaching, research and scholarship in the arts, social sciences and humanities.

DASSH will achieve its purpose by

• Sharing information and disseminating best practice
• Fostering research
• Providing a forum for the discussion of management in higher education
• Contributing to the development of education policy and administration issues with a view to establishing national position statements
• Taking a leading role in fostering the arts, social sciences and humanities in Australasia
• Creating alliances with related organizations and institutions, nationally and internationally
• Identifying issues of relevance to the arts, social sciences and humanities and respond, where appropriate.