This study examines the determinants of exit from academic research which occurs when academic researchers move into positions in academe which concentrate on non-research activities such as teaching or administration, or when researchers leave academia and move into industry. Drawing on career...

This chapter analyses the mobility of academic biomedical researchers in the US and the UK. Both countries are at the forefront of research in biomedicine, and able to attract promising researchers from other countries as well as fostering mobility between the US and the UK. Using a database of...

The author considers Anglo-American studies of academic labor market to show that declared principle of meritocracy in science isnt so important. Prestige of the department in which an applicant received a doctoral degree plays a crucial role in the recruitment to different university positions....

Anlaß für den Aufsatz sind die durch das Hochschulrahmengesetz und die Länderhochschulgesetze sowie die hochschulpolitische Debatte der jüngsten Zeit aktualisierten und intensivierten Forderungen nach vermehrter Praxisorientierung des Studiums. Die mit der Forderung nach Praxisorientierung...

Anlaß für den Aufsatz sind die durch das Hochschulrahmengesetz und die Länderhochschulgesetze sowie die hochschulpolitische Debatte der jüngsten Zeit aktualisierten und intensivierten Forderungen nach vermehrter Praxisorientierung des Studiums. Die mit der Forderung nach Praxisorientierung...

Idea on National Knowledge Commission, what it is and what are they trying to accomplish, ask for the audience support, understanding and also talk about the need for major reforms in University education. [Convocation Address at University of Mumbai].

A bill to promote autonomy of higher educational institutions and universities for free pursuit of knowledge and innovation and to provide for comprehensive and integrated growth of higher education and research keeping in view the global standards of educational and research practices and for...

The understanding of changes in educational opportunity among different households in Thailand is an undiscovered knowledge. Most of the previous studies usually focus to an enrolment rate, equality of education attendance, educational resources distribution and equality of income distribution....

The paper examined family background factors that affect students' academic achievement in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. With the use of structured questionnaire, data were collected from 110 first-degree final year students using random sampling and analysed through multiple...