Based on a case study approach in twelve countries, analyses and compares current practices and trends in employment relationships in higher education.

[ES] En los últimos años se ha producido en las universidades de todo el mundo una tendencia creciente a proteger sus invenciones a través de derechos de patentes. Este hecho refleja la mayor aplicabilidad de la investigación universitaria y la intención de transferir estos resultados al...

ILO pub. Article reviewing supreme court jurisprudence on reverse racial discrimination in relation to employment opportunity and educational opportunity affirmative action programmes in the USA - comments on historical decisions and on passage of related civil rights legislation and labour...

Compares conditions of academic tenure and its functional equivalent in post secondary education in selected Anglo-American countries and in countries governed by civil-service regimes. Draws conclusions regarding nomination and dismissal, the case of distant-study teaching, effects of brain...