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You Can't Always Get What You Want! Desired and Undesired Impacts of a New Career Development Policy
Direct linkDusi, Davide; Huisman, Jeroen – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2021
Market rationality, neoliberal approaches and ever-increasing productivity objectives are widespread in higher education discourse and practice. Academic employment has become more uncertain as scholars are more commonly employed on non-tenured, fixed-term contracts. Research shows the resulting detrimental impact on staff well-being and health,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Foreign Countries, Personnel Policy, School Policy
Barone, Carlo – Sociology of Education, 2011
This article examines the overall strength, the qualitative pattern, and the evolution over time of gender segregation in higher education across eight European countries. Although previous studies have focused primarily on the divide between humanistic and scientific fields, this work indicates that this divide accounts for no more than half of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Gender Differences, Selection
Britton, Willoughby B.; Brown, Anne-Catharine; Kaplan, Christopher T.; Goldman, Roberta E.; DeLuca, Marie; Rojiani, Rahil; Reis, Harry; Xi, Mandy; Chou, Jonathan C.; McKenna, Faye; Hitchcock, Peter; Rocha, Tomas A.; Himmelfarb, Josh; Margolis, David M.; Niles, Halsey F.; Eckert, Allison M.; Frank, Tana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
Contemplative practices, which engage the subjective or "first-person" perspective, are being incorporated into systems of higher education that have traditionally relied on didactic or "third-person" approaches (Dederer 2007; Kroll 2010; Repetti 2010; Roth 2006; Shapiro, Brown, and Astin 2011; Smith 2006; Zajonc 2006). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Metacognition
PDF pending restorationNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1976
This report focuses on the employment of academic scientists and engineers from 1975 through 1976. The total number of scientists and engineers employed by universities and colleges is reported and discussed, broken down into type of activity, field of employment, type of control (public or private), and sex. (DT)
Descriptors: Employment, Engineers, Higher Education, Scientific Personnel
Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Educational Background, Higher Education, Public Schools
Science News, 1975
Presents statistics relative to the current employment crisis in astronomy, and outlines recommendations to combat the situation made by the National Academy of Sciences. (GS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Curriculum, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Download full textWeathersby, George B. – 1972
This paper argues that, in addition to responding to surface manifestations of imbalance in scientific manpower supply and demand, we should examine and understand far better than we now do the nature and extent of the structural forces operative on the supply and demand of scientific talent. The author reviewed the literature and the parameters…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Needs, Labor Utilization, Literature Reviews
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1971
This study is limited to science and engineering doctorates (both PhD and Doctor of Arts) and spans the period 1969 to 1980--a period for which most of the factors likely to have a significant effect on the supply and utilization of doctorates are known or can be reasonably anticipated. The basic methodology involves statistically projecting past…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Economic Research, Employment Projections, Engineers
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1978
Salary figures for inexperienced and experienced chemists and chemical engineers for the past decade are shown. Industry and college/university salaries are compared. (CP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Engineers, Higher Education, Income
Peer reviewedMcQuillan, M. K. – School Science Review, 1973
Outlines the historical background leading to the present educational setting in Britain. Discusses the role and responsibility of science education in the universities in relationship to the limited market for students trained in science and technology. Defends the position of industry against emotional and uniformed criticism. (JR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Higher Education, Industry, Science Education
McCarthy, M. C. – 1968
An analysis of the present supply and likely future needs for scientific and technical specialists and generalists in the United Kingdom and the United States of America was made by examining the content of university curricula, the employment patterns of graduates, subsequent career structure, and the amount and timing of education and training.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Engineers, Higher Education, International Education
Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1978
Discusses recent trends in job placement for BS, MS, and PhD graduates in chemical and chemical engineering. (CP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment Patterns, Engineering, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedKing, N. Judge, Jr.; Ullmann, John E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1978
This survey concerns itself with the distribution of nonteaching assistance and staff support in chemistry departments and its relationship to the size of the department and the nature of the institution. The survey reports on 55 departments of chemistry of colleges in the State of New York. (BB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Faculty, College Science, Higher Education
Peer reviewedZiman, John – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1981
Describes the educational process involved in becoming a scientist, the different dimensions of academic science, industrialized science, the scientists' management of research and development, scientists in their social context, and the vocational motivation for becoming a scientist. (DS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Research, Researchers
American Inst. of Physics, New York, NY. – 1978
This directory gives names, addresses, and telephone numbers of staff members of astronomy and physics departments. The listings are made under the following headings: (1) American Institute of Physics and its member societies; (2) geographic listing of academic institutions and faculty - U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America; (3) U.S.…
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Faculty, Colleges, Directories
