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    Diversity in Australian higher education: an empirical analysis
    GOEDEGEBUURE, LEO ; COATES, HAMISH ; Van Der Lee, Jeannet ; Meek, V. Lynn (National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), 2009)
    The concept of diversity has been part of the Australian government’s higher education agenda for several years, but empirical studies on the actual state of diversity in the sector are limited. This situation raises questions regarding the factual basis for the policy claims made. With this in mind, this paper seeks to assess the degree of diversity within the Australian higher education sector through an analysis of the perceptions, aspirations and reported activities of Australian academics in terms of their teaching, research and community service. Using data collected in the 2007 international Changing Nature of the Academic Profession survey, we are able to cautiously conclude that some diversity appears to exist, however not to the extent one might expect given the importance placed on institutional groupings in the Australian higher education debate.
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    Australia's casual approach to its academic teaching workforce
    COATES, HAMISH ; Dobson, Ian R. ; GOEDEGEBUURE, LEO ; Meek, Lynn (Monash University, 2009)
    Australian academics’ response to the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey indicates that they are among the least satisfied academics in the world. This dissatisfaction has been expressed after two decades of rapid growth in the student body and structural changes in the academic workforce, particularly an expansion in the amount of teaching provided by casual staff. The growth in casual staff numbers is a factor which has simultaneously created a precariously employed but cheaper and more flexible workforce along with higher levels of stress among the full-time teachers responsible for managing and supervising casual teachers. The academic profession has an important role to play in creating a highly educated workforce for Australia and in generating export income by teaching international students. Careful attention needs to be paid to this situation especially in light of the need to replenish the ageing academic workforce.
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    The Australian academic profession: A first overview
    Coates, H ; MEEK, V (Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2008)