The professoriate : profile of a profession
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The professoriate : profile of a profession
（Higher education dynamics / series editor, Peter Maassen, v. 7）
Springer, c2005
- : hbk.
Available at 5 libraries
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Library of Education, National Institute for Educational Policy Research
: hbk.378.12||53052101616
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This indispensable guide provides a unique insight into the academic profession at a time of major change. It is organized both thematically and geographically with attention given to regions rarely covered, such as China and Latin America.
For the first time, here is a book that critically assesses the condition of the professoriate at a time of momentous change when the profession is fracturing along fault lines.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Challenge and Change: The Academic Profession in Uncertain Times.
Globalisation's Impact on The Professoriate in Anglo-American Universities.
Academics and Institutional Governance.
Faculty Perceptions of University Governance in Japan and the United States.
From Peregrinatio Academica to Global Academic: The internationalisation of the profession.
Academics' view of teaching staff mobility: The ERASMUS.
Experience Revisited. How Satisfied Are Women and Men with their Academic Work?: The impact of gender, discipline, area and academic rank in Australia.
Academic Work Satisfaction in the Wake of Institutional Reforms in Australia.
Academic Challenges: The American Professoriate in Comparative Perspective.
Improve Teaching Methods or Perish? Issues Confronting the Academic Profession in Latin America.
The Chinese Professoriate in Comparative Perspective: Self-perceptions, Academic Life, Gender Differences and Internal Differentiation.
The Academic Profession in Hong Kong. Conclusion: New Millennium, New Milieu?
Index.
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