The Changing Profile of Full-Time Faculty at Canadian Universities

Canadian universities underwent a remarkable expansion from the late sixties until the mid-seventies. However, they are entering the eighties on an uncertain note, due to financial restraints imposed by governments, the sudden growth in university enrolment and the shift to professionally oriented programs. These developments have had an impact on the socio-economic characteristics of the 33,000 full-time university teachers: their age, sex, academic rank, salary, citizenship, and qualifications. Especially uncertain is the demand for new faculty in this decade and the implications for the health of Canadian universities. This statistical series documents the changes which are occurring in the demand and supply patterns of doctoral recipients from Canadian universities with the purpose of providing a statistical base from which policy analyses could be developed.Les universités canadiennes ont subi au cours des années 1960/mi-1970 un épanouissement remarquable. Cependant, elles se voient entrer dans une période d'incertitude au début des années 1980 due aux contraintes financières imposées par les gouvernements, l'accroissement soudain de l'inscription au niveau univer-sitaire, et au déplacement vers les programmes de métier. Ces développements ont eu un impact sur les caractéristiques socio-économiques des quelques 33,000 professeurs engagés à plein temps soit l'âge, le sexe, le rang académique, le salaire, la citoyenneté et les qualifications. Comme la demande de professeurs est res-treinte dans cette décade, le fonctionnement des universités canadiennes en est affecté. Les différentes statistiques présentent les changements qui surviennent face aux modèles d'offre et de demande chez les détenteurs de doctorats d'univer-sités canadiennes. Cette documentation a pour but de fournir une ligne de con-duite qui servira au développement de nouvelles politiques

China Around the World: Australia

It’s hard for me to compare how Australians and others cover China, in part because we rarely actually meet each other to swap notes, except for the occasional encounter via the Foreign Correspondents Club of China (an admirable organization, but one without formal standing in China because it lacks—for obvious reasons on both sides—the sponsorship of a party or government body) and in part because the whole structure of journalism in China does not bring reporters together frequently, as it does in most other countries. I sometimes go for weeks without encountering another journalist. For China has few press conferences, parliament sessions (two weeks in a year), company annual general meetings or special meetings (never), court hearings open to the media (in my experience, again, never) that bring journalists together. We tend to do our own thing, often, which—if we are attentive to our audiences—reflects their interests. What, as a result, do I tend to report on? My readers like to see “their” correspondent’s name on the big story of the day. So I will cover the major domestic and international events involving China, as other journalists do. I was in Sichuan, for instance, covering the horrific human impact of the earthquake there. But because China has become Australia’s top trading partner—and has played a prominent role in driving Australia’s continued economic growth, now in its 17th year—I also write substantially on economic and business stories. And there is a constant call for cultural and arts stories, about Chinese writers, film makers and artists

A running jump at tax reform. by Rowan Callick

Racing for the Lodge, Opposition Leader John Hewson sets himself a rigorous task in selling the country a new broad-based tax, the GST

Power and the dreaming. by Rowan Callick

A new body offers Aborigines a fighting chance to control their own destiny

Resource issues as a source of conflict

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Book Review: Getting Under the Skin: the Bougainville Copper Agreement and the creation of the Panguna Mine

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Sometimes it's not nice to be proven right

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The Hewson ascendancy

He may be a political novice, but John Hewson is on track to become Australia's next Prime Minister

Clash on the borders. by Rowan Callick

Canberra's attempts to standardize Australia's education system are meeting stiff resistance from the states

REVIEW: Radio Australia speaking to the world: Review of Australia Calling: The ABC Radio Australia Story, by Phil Kafcaloudes

Australia Calling: The ABC Radio Australia Story, by Phil Kafcaloudes, ABC Books, 2022. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780646852430. RADIO AUSTRALIA was conceived at the beginning of the Second World War out of Canberra’s desire to counter Japanese propaganda in the Pacific. More than 70 years later its rebirth is being driven by a similarly urgent need to counter propaganda, this time from China. Set up within the towering framework of the ABC, Radio Australia was, and remains, an institution with a lively multilingual culture of its own. Sometimes it has thrived and sometimes, especially in recent decades, it has struggled as political priorities and media fashions waxed and waned within the ABC and the wider world