The occupational level, job satisfaction, perception of career prospects, value of study in obtaining employment, usefulness of skills/knowledge gained in carrying out job, and relatedness of job to major field of study were studied in relation to adult students who enrolled in higher education in Australia in 1978. (Author/MLW)

A survey of 230 men and women full-time lecturers in an Australian university investigated academic recruitment practices and sources of information about academic job openings. Results, which suggest similar recruitment bases, are discussed with reference to why men have traditionally outnumbered, and continue to outnumber, women in academic…

An examination of the effects of economic crisis on women in higher education in Europe, Australia, the United States, and Japan looked at women's access to higher education as students, choice of subjects, employment prospects, and employment as faculty, finding that recent trends toward equalization are in jeopardy. (MSE)

The career paths, geographic mobility, domestic responsibilities, work roles, and self-reported professional performance levels were compared for 219 men and women faculty at Australian universities. Results indicated significant gender-related differences in most of these areas and have implications for representation of women in Australia's…

Formal faculty promotion procedures are examined in the context of costs, declining recruitment, declining staff mobility, federal restrictions and legislation, increasingly uneven distribution of faculty rank and age, and the tenure system. (MSE)