Introduction -- The Design and Methods of the Comparative Study -- The Variety of Countries Participating in the Comparative Study -- The Academic Career -- Research and Teaching: The Changing Views and Activities of the Academic Profession -- Faculty Perceptions of the Efficacy of Higher Educational Governance and Management
Summary
This book provides an overview on the major findings of a questionnaire survey of academic profession in international perspective. More than 25,000 professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education at almost 20 countries from all over the world provide information on their working situation, their views and activities. The study "The Changing Academic Profession" is the second major study of its kind, and changes of views and activities are presented through a comparison of the findings with those of the earlier study undertaken in the early 1990s. Major t
