Journal article
Changing attitudes of Australian academics
Higher Education, Vol.27(2), pp.203-227
1994
Abstract
This article reports on the changing work-related attitudes and demographics of academic staff in Australia, in four universities and four former colleges of advanced education (CAEs, comparable to polytechnics), surveyed in 1979, 1984 and 1990. The surveys were of all academic staff in each institution, with response rates averaging 47%. As in other countries, the former binary system of education has recently been ended by reconstituting colleges of advanced education as universities. Differences in work-related attitude are examined, and shown to differ consistently between the types of institution, across the elapsed time, and between the sexes, ranks and academic disciplines of the respondents. In particular, each institution has shown a sustained increase in academic staff alienation and dissatisfaction over the eleven-year period. The differences in demographics and in work-related attitudes between original universities and former colleges of advanced education remain after the ending of the binary system. The differences are discussed in relation to a number of current policy issues, including the ending of the binary system of higher education. Since similar policy changes and similar pressures are occurring in a number of countries, the findings of the study have implications beyond Australia.
Details
- Title
- Changing attitudes of Australian academics
- Authors/Creators
- J.E. Everett (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaL.V. Entrekin (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Higher Education, Vol.27(2), pp.203-227
- Publisher
- Springer
- Identifiers
- 991005541879507891
- Copyright
- © 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Commerce
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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