Qualifications of Australian academics : sources and levels 1978-1996 - Anderson, D. S. (Donald Stuart), 1926-; Arthur, Robert; Stokes, Terry; Australia. Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Evaluations and Investigations Program ([Canberra] : Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, 1997)
1. Introduction -- International v local -- Overseas recruitment -- Sex -- Pressures to upgrade qualifications -- 2. Objectives and methods of the study -- 3. Overall trends in profiles 1978-1996 -- Highest qualifications -- Overseas qualifications -- Overseas recruitment -- 4. Differences between fields of study -- 5. Differences between academic ranks -- 6. Men and women -- Sources of qualifications -- Differences between fields of study -- Overseas recruitment -- The sexes and academic rank -- 7. Institutional profiles -- 8. Australia compared -- United Kingdom institutional profiles -- 9. Some issues arising from the analysis -- Should all academics be expected to have a PhD -- Inter-institutional mobility and recruiting own graduates -- Are universities overly dependent on foreign recruitment? -- Women -- Improving the databases -- Appendix 1. Project brief -- Appendix 2. Code book -- Appendix 3. United Kingdom sample.
DEETYA no. 5922HERC97A
Evaluations and Investigations Program, Higher Education Division, Department of Employment, Education , Training and Youth Affairs.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93).
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Keywords: College teachers -- Australia -- Statistics; Degrees, Academic -- Australia -- Statistics; Universities and colleges -- Australia -- Faculty -- Statistics; University teachers -- Australia -- Statistics; Academic degrees -- Australia -- Statistics