The Changing Academic Profession
Aims of the Project
The project examines the nature and extent of the changes experienced by the academic profession in recent years. It explores both the reasons for and the consequences of these changes. It will consider the implications of the changes for the attractiveness of the academic profession as a career and for the ability of the academic community to contribute to the further development of knowledge societies and the attainment of national goals. The project, relying on a six-stage model of change, will make comparisons on these matters between different national higher education systems, institutional types, disciplines and generations of academics. The following countries have undertaken national studies: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China and Hong Kong, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, The Netherlands, UK, and the US.