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Peer reviewedTaylor, Tony; Gough, John; Bundrock, Valerie; Winter, Richard – Studies in Higher Education, 1998
A survey of faculty in three Australian universities indicates serious concern in many areas of academic responsibility and future prospects. The quality of new students, teaching, and research are perceived as declining. Changes in university administration to a more corporate style are seen as a threat to academic freedom. Research universities…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty
Peer reviewedWinter, Richard; Taylor, Tony; Sarros, James – Studies in Higher Education, 2000
Studied the quality of academic worklife (QWAL) within a comprehensive university in Australia using the responses of 189 academic staff members to an academic work environment survey. Findings reveal positive QWAL features such as role clarity, motivating job characteristics, and low levels of self-estrangement. Negative features were also…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedWinter, Richard; Griffiths, Morwenna; Green, Kath – Studies in Higher Education, 2000
A questionnaire to Ph.D. examiners across disciplines explored criteria appropriate for evaluating practice-based doctoral dissertations, in particular by collecting a core vocabulary of terms. Negative criteria included the lack of: intellectual grasp, coherence, engagement with the literature, originality, and generalizability, along with…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Evaluation Criteria
