Steven Schwartz AM (/ʃwɔːrts/ SHWORTS; born 5 November 1946) is an American and Australian academic and, until late 2012, the vice chancellor of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He was previously vice chancellor of Brunel University in the UK and of Murdoch University in Western Australia.[1] He is a trained psychologist and served both as senior academic and researcher, then as a university corporate manager. His style of management was controversial and attracted considerable opposition.[1] He defended his record by saying that he wished universities to be more market-oriented, research-focused, accountable, transparent and held to higher standards, in the hope of improving university profiles and attracting more students, funding and researchers. Throughout his career he was successful in establishing new schools and facilities at the universities he was involved with.