The development of higher education in Indonesia is chronicled from ancient times, focusing on recent rapid growth and resulting administrative problems and objectives. Recent centralization, installation of a credit system similar to that in the United States, and problems foreseen throughout the higher education system are discussed. (MSE)

The rise of faculty unions is analyzed as an outgrowth of quantitative changes in enrollment, curriculum, and administration in American higher education. The impact of unions on higher education is examined relative to member benefits, changes in governance, and implications for the educational process. (MSE)

The need for change in Australia's higher education system is examined in terms of (1)the responsibilities and functions appropriate to the institutions and sectors, and (2)how each sector's success or failure in meeting its responsibilities can be gauged. (MSE)

The chairman of the Advanced Education Council of Australia's Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission discusses the structure and functions of the council and commission at present and as will they change in the near future. (MSE)

Although many women now have qualifications that in the past guaranteed an academic appointment, few university jobs are available. An unrestrained labor market suggests that the sex ratio of academics is unlikely to change much in the next 10 to 15 years, but several interventions could increase the representation of women in academic posts. (MSE)

The legal situation of college administrators when they give advice to staff, students, and the public is outlined, and administrators are warned of their legal liability and the potential consequences of giving information and advice. (MSE)

The variety of educational programs being made available to older adults in different countries is outlined, and the issues in the development of such programs in Australasia are examined. (MSE)

The strategies used by the administrator of the University of Melbourne's central registration office to meet the multiple challenges of retraining staff for computerization, substantial reduction in staff, and a specific directive to improve services to users are outlined and discussed. (MSE)

A discussion of Australian higher education looks at the nature of quality and its assessment in higher education, particularly in the context of a new national committee on quality assurance. It examines the compatibility of quality management strategies with existing institutional decision-making and management processes. (MSE)

Australian higher education institutions must recognize the areas in which responsibility for decision making rests with collegiality and where it rests with faculty unions. Both have valid roles within the university community, but they should not overlap. Salary decisions should also be decentralized to preserve institutional autonomy and…

If Australian universities are to be competitive in the global market for college faculty, salaries and career prospects across disciplines and institutions must be improved. Award restructuring will strengthen career structures, but this restructuring must not be limited to lower levels of the profession to be effective. (MSE)

The relationship between the Australian province of Victoria's nonacademic college staff union and the more specialized postsecondary education remuneration committee is examined and the history of both organizations reviewed. The current and potential influences of the two groups in Victorian higher education are discussed. (MSE)

Implications of Australian proposals to restructure the remuneration system for higher education general staff are examined. Problems anticipated in waiting for, implementing, living with, and building on the final national agreement are discussed. The agreement is seen not as a solution but as enabling improved personnel practices and employee…

Australia's efforts to restructure college personnel remuneration represent more than changes in salaries. They are an attempt to reform an outdated hierarchy of jobs, lack of recognition of job skills, limited access to promotion, and minimal professional development and to offer better opportunities and a fairer and more consistent…

Problems of personnel evaluation and gender bias are discussed as they relate to the current restructuring of Australian college and university salaries. Areas of evaluation seen as needing some improvement include the job analysis, standards for job equivalence, information gathering, writing of job descriptions, evaluation, and postevaluation…