Discusses the publish or perish issue, noting problems with the practice of valuing quantity over quality of publication. The paper focuses on worst-practice evaluation and criticisms, the relationship between quantity and quality, time as the most precious input, and the meaning of publications numbers. (SM)

Introduces a theme issue on the publish or perish issue in teacher education institutions. The collection of articles includes teacher educators' autobiographical accounts and personal narratives about the complexities, difficulties, challenges, prospects, and promises of researching within the academy as well as more distanced analyses of these…

Addresses the publish or perish issue within teacher education institutions, introducing a collection of articles that provides insights into how a set of alternative assumptions might be adopted and implemented by university administrators and teacher educators to create more manageable, balanced, effective, and satisfying institutional and…