Chinese Doctoral Program Enrollments: High in number, low in quality
(August, 2010) Author He Dan of Xinhuanet discusses the results of a survey on Chinese postgraduate education from the Institute of Education Sciences in Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
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Doctoral Rankings Will Be Released Sept. 28
(August, 2010) After years of delays, methodology changes and griping about the delays and methodology changes, the U.S. National Research Council announced Monday that its rankings of doctoral programs would be released to the public on Sept. 28, 2010.
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Decline in PhD numbers a major problem in South Africa
(August, 2010) South Africa's inability to produce enough doctoral graduates to build the 'knowledge economy' it aspires to, or simply to replace the existing cohort of academics in the higher education system, is a challenge widely acknowledged by government departments, their agencies and universities. But fixing the problem is a lot harder.
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Virginia Tech Graduates Third Class from its Post-Doctoral Bride to Business Program
(August, 2010) The Pamplin College of Business has just graduated its third group of participants from its AACSB-endorsed Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Program.
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PhD Programs for Executives Gain Traction
(August, 2010) Alison Damast of BusinessWeek discusses the growing number of business schools that offer doctoral programs aimed at senior-level managers looking either to shift into academia or to develop high-level research skills for their workplace.
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Higher education opportunities lure talent back to India
(August, 2010) More young Indians are giving up fat pay packets in companies abroad to take up teaching in Indian higher education institutions - a trend that could help ease a severe shortage of quality lecturers in the country.
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Foreign Schools Target U.S. Professors
(August, 2010) In this article of the Wall Street Journal, Diana Middleton discusses the increasing tendency for business schools in Asia to court professors in the U.S. for research or faculty positions, and its implications for the global faculty market.
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Economy Slows Colleges' Ability to Hire and Delays Retirements
(July, 2010) In this article of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Kathryn Masterson describes the effects of a "double whammy": At a time when colleges are facing budget reductions that force cutbacks on hiring, they are also seeing a slowdown in the retirements that would free up money to hire.
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The Ivory Sweatshop: Academe Is No Longer a Convivial Refuge
(July, 2010) In this article of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Robin Wilson discusses the increasingly frenetic pace of careers in academia, and its effect on faculty members, particularly at large research institutions.
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AACSB Explores Global Trends in Doctoral Faculty
As the management education industry continually evolves, it is important to keep watch on the challenges associated with sustaining scholarship in business schools, as well as seek ways to remain proactive. AACSB takes a look at the global trends associated with doctoral faculty supply and demand.
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India's Top Central Universities have 34% Teaching Vacancies
(May 2010).There is a stark difference between the hype around higher education and the real picture, reports The Times of India. The top universities in India have 34% vacancies in teaching jobs. Twenty-two central universities with 11,085 sanctioned posts have 3,777 vacant posts, parliament was told on Wednesday.
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Methodology Change for Ph.D. Rankings
(May 2010). The U.S. National Research Council—responding to criticism it received in the internal peer review of its forthcoming doctoral program rankings—is changing the methodology in a few key places for the long-awaited project.
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