The international academic profession : portraits of fourteen countries

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The international academic profession : portraits of fourteen countries

edited by Philip G. Altbach ; with a foreword by Ernest L. Boyer

(Special report)

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching , California Princeton Fulfillment Services [distributor], c1996

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Includes bibliographical references ( p.[743]-747) and index

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with The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching It cannot be overemphasized that the greatest value of this study is that it enables us to examine both the national and international aspects of the academic profession. The survey explores just how scholars see international links and what use they make of research from other countries. Looked at as a whole, these chapters reveal that, while the separate countries have sharply contrasting higher education histories and governance arrangements, a community of interest is emerging. The study indicates areas that academics around the world have in common. from The International Academic Profession Based on the Carnegie Foundation's pioneering international survey of the academic profession The International Academic Profession provides an analysis of the professoriate in fourteen countries. It is a in-depth expansion of the study first examined in The Academic Profession, an International Perspective, which viewed the profession through the prism of several general themes. This new, comprehensive volume offers detailed information on topics and trends that have lasting implications in the academic profession through the perspectives of participating nations. It examines academic freedom, workload and time use, research and teaching requirements and more, providing an overview of the academic profession at the And of the twentieth century. The research and analysis presented in this unique study will strengthen and deepen understanding of the profession and stimulate further consideration of academic enterprise.

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The Academic Profession in International Perspective(Philip G. Altbach and Lionel S. Lewis). AUSTRALIA. The Australian Academic Profession(Barry A. Sheehan and Anthony R. Welch). ASIA. The Academic Profession in Korea(Sungho H. Lee). The Academic Profession in Japan(Akira Arimoto). The Future of the Hong Kong Academic Profession(Gerard A. Postiglione). LATIN AMERICA. The Academic Profession in Brazil(Simon Schwartzmann and Elizabeth Balbachevsky). The Chilean Academic Profession: Six Policy Issues(Ernesto Schiefelbein). The Mexican Academic Profession(Manuel Gil Anton). THE UNITED STATES. The American Academic Profession(J. Eugene Haas). EUROPE. he Academic Profession in England on the Eve of Structural Reform(Oliver Fulton). The Academic Profession in Germany(Jurgen Enders and Ulrich Teichler). The Dutch Professoriate(Peter A. Geurts, Peter A. M. Maassen, and Frans A. van Vught). The Academic Profession in Sweden(Goran Blomqvist, Hans Jalling, and Karsten Lundeqvist). The Academic Profession in Russia(Brian L. Levin-Stavenkevich and Alexander Savelyev). ISRAEL. The Academic Profession in Israel: Continuity and Transformation(Michael Chen, Esther E. Gottleib, and Ruth Yakir)

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