This paper discusses the machinery for higher education policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria. It identifies the goal of national unity and national integration as a new addition to the university's traditional role. An analysis of the implementation of measures aimed at achieving national integration with emphasis on student…

Analyzes the ongoing debates and changes in the German system of academic appointments on the basis of an examination of the origins and overall function of the academic career system. Suggests that the recruitment, promotion, and appointment of academic staff are important issues in countries like Germany, where they shape the institutional…

Describes the position of academic staff at universities and other higher education institutions in France, where they occupy a place between other professions and the civil service. As the system evolves toward increased self-governance of institutions of higher education, the faculty is seen by administrators as an obstacle to the development of…

A culturally versatile method to identify perceived desirable characteristics of cities as places to work and live is proposed. Results of a study with graduate students in Brazil show that there are four major categories of attributes (population, economic, cultural, and physical) that could be used as incentives. (Author/LBH)

This paper examines the use of total quality management (TQM) principles in the selection of college faculty, presenting a TQM model for the recruitment, identification, and selection of faculty. This model relates the role of vision, mission, planning, and organization design with quality concepts, such as leadership, empowerment, client…

The traditional image of the Latin American university professor is described with focus on the effects of the movement toward a full-time professoriate and other changes on the recruitment patterns, morale, and scholarly productivity of contemporary academics in Colombia and Argentina. (Author/LBH)

A study of 20 faculty searches in 4 comprehensive universities during a period of substantial academic labor market change identified 6 patterns of recruitment strategies, with less prestigious institutions adopting recruitment norms of more prestigious institutions. In response to labor market forces, institutions emphasized credential…

Describes the end of a dynamic period in higher education in Spain that has resulted in reasonable working conditions for tenured staff with civil servant status. Recruitment and promotion procedures are coming under scrutiny, and the situation of nontenured staff is less positive. (Author/SLD)

Describes recent changes in national legal agreements concerning appointment, promotion, and working conditions that have affected the work of academics in Swedish higher education. Uses the current structure of the higher education system and data on working conditions and institutional governance as a context for a discussion of academic…

Appointments to all universities in Australia are examined for the years 1961 to 1974, during which time nearly 40 percent of academic appointees came from overseas. The proportion was inversely related to university size, but unrelated to institutional age or total appointments. Implications of the flow patterns and directions for research are…

Aspects dealt with in this overview include: characteristics of the professoriate; recruitment and selection; salaries and fringe benefits; rank, promotion, and tenure; teaching, research, and community service; professorial associations; and the professoriate and politics. (Editor/LBH)

The foreign composition of faculties in schools and departments of education in 10 Australian colleges and universities is examined in terms of the proportions, qualifications, nationalities, and influences of these faculty members on the institutions. (MSE)

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…

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)

A study of seven diverse professional schools suggests that, although a variety of strategies (e.g., early identification, preprofessional contact, resocialization of faculty and matriculated students, and support services) can produce successful affirmative action for women and minority students, a concise, directed program geared to the school's…