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McAlpine, Lynn; Amundsen, Cheryl – Higher Education Review, 2016
What are the motivations, needs and interests of academics entering mid-career? To answer this question, we drew on data from our longitudinal research program to examine the career trajectories of thirteen social scientists and scientists, five or more years post-PhD, in research-teaching positions. We used an identity framework to understand how…
Descriptors: Career Change, Teacher Motivation, Vocational Interests, Longitudinal Studies
Bonneville, Luc – Higher Education Review, 2016
Over the last 50 years, numerous studies have shown pre-existing structural inequalities in different types of organisations, demonstrating amongst other things how women are often disadvantaged compared to men. Whether it is with respect to salary or promotions, many authors have shown that women experience more difficulty than men obtaining…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Faculty, College Faculty, Research Universities
McAlpine, Lynn – Higher Education Review, 2014
The doctorate has traditionally been perceived as preparation for an academic career (teaching and research). However, the evidence suggests that this assumption no longer holds true since internationally more than half of all PhD graduates leave the higher education sector. Though there has been considerable research examining the ways in which…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Career Development
Gladwin, Maree; McDonald, Gael; McKay, Jade – Higher Education Review, 2014
What factors contribute most to career success in academia? Using qualitative methods, the study sought information from eighteen full and chaired professors in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. Reflecting on factors that contributed to academic success, participants identified: an "inherent" attraction to academic work; ability to…
Descriptors: Success, Career Development, Qualitative Research, Performance Factors
Alper, Paul – Higher Education Review, 2010
The new objects of public and open prejudice are Hispanics, primarily Mexicans due to their large population and their proximity to the United States. Because the Iraq War is such a disaster on all fronts, conservatives and reactionaries have shifted their patriotic fervour from invading foreign countries to inveighing against brown-skinned…
Descriptors: North Americans, Foreign Nationals, Fear, Stranger Reactions
Fidler, Brian; Parsons, Christine – Higher Education Review, 2008
There has been a steady growth in the number of national university league tables over the last 25 years. By contrast, "World University Rankings" are a more recent development and have received little serious academic scrutiny in peer-reviewed publications. Few researchers have evaluated the sources of data and the statistical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Rank (Professional), Peer Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Hopkins, David – Higher Education Review, 1984
The theory of organizational drift, or gradual assimilation of change within institutions, is applied to recent developments in Canadian institutions of teacher education, and other organizational theorists' criteria are used to support this alternative to traditional approaches to change in such organizations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
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Hackl, Elsa – Higher Education Review, 1998
The Canadian Opportunities Strategy, the portion of the Canadian minister of finance's 1998 budget speech devoted to the government's plan for a "knowledge society," is analyzed. The budgetary context in which the strategy was outlined is reviewed, and the strategy itself of the government's investment plan for research and improved…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
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Casas, F. R.; Meaghan, D. E. – Higher Education Review, 1996
The exclusive use of academic course grades as sole admission criteria for Ontario universities is discussed, in light of heavy competition and questionable grade enhancement practices. In particular, the ranking of schools and factoring in of this information in admission decisions about individual students is seen as potentially discriminatory.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competition, Educational Policy