Academics and institutional differentiation in Australian higher education |
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| Institution: | 3. Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232;4. Synchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois 60439;5. Swansea University, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, United Kingdom;6. Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232;1. School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4067, Australia;2. Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Brisbane, Australia;1. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India;2. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Quest International University Perak, 30250 Ipoh, Malaysia;3. Department of Chemistry, University College of Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India;4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;5. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia;6. Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India;7. SABIC Technology & Innovation Centre, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Riyadh 11551, Saudi Arabia;1. Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada;2. Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel;3. Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Similarities and differences are explored between academic staff in four different types of Australian universities. Despite an overall high degree of homogeneity amongst academics, those in pre-1987 universities, especially Go8 universities, are better qualified, have appreciably better publication records, spend more time on research and writing, and show more interest in research than academics in post-1987 universities. Pre-1987 universities are more likely than others to have academic organisational units headed by professors and associate professors. Academics in pre-1987 universities have distinctively different views with regard to research funding and the place of research, as well as about academic standards and recent expansion in student enrolments. While post-1987 universities have pockets of research strength, these are small and relatively small proportions of academics produce the bulk of research output. The views of academics generally coincide with those of their institutions on key differentiation issues. |
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