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Download full textvon Zur-Muehlen, Max – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1987
The popular conviction that Canadian universities will experience a serious faculty shortage in the 1990s is examined through statistics on faculty aging and replacement demand, retirement conditions, faculty renewal incentives, and the supply of doctoral recipients. It is concluded that there will be a surplus well into the 1990s. (MSE)
Descriptors: Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Faculty Development
von Zur-Muehlen, Max – 1986
The view that there will be severe faculty shortages at Canadian universities in the 1990s is refuted, based on analyses concerning the demand for university teachers and the supply of doctoral graduates. In the 1990s when there is no foreseeable increase in university positions, replacement (i.e, due to retirement and mortality) will be the only…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment Trends
