Methods: The aim was to compile a descriptive overview of stressful demands in academia. A diverse range of international literature (<10 years) was reviewed to explore expectations and responsibilities of academics in the context of effects that could adversely impact on critical and creative thinking required of university academics. Papers were reviewed based on the question "What are current expectations and demands in academia?" This preliminary exploratory phase was supplemented with personal observations and informative discussions. Results: In addition to demands of preparing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate learning materials for increasing numbers of students, academics cope with rapid advances in technology, incr...
Academic culture now places high expectations on researchers to demonstrate research productivity al...
Higher education institutions are seen as pivotal for fostering national economic growth in a global...
Teaching and research are the two sides of a coin; both are very important for an academician. As pe...
Methods: The aim was to compile a descriptive overview of stressful demands in academia. A diverse r...
As universities strive to raise their academic rank through the quality and quantity of scholarship ...
Can 21st Century universities afford to maintain elitist attitudes to research and reward structures...
Purpose: The core business of universities is learning. Cognitive thinking is critical for learning...
The Higher Education sector has been through an array of changes, such as globalisation, massificati...
Academic staff are required to change and adopt new teaching approaches to meet the requirements and...
Academics are now expected to manage increasingly demanding research, administrative, and teaching o...
In 1988, the Australian Federal Government released the document Higher Education: A Policy Statemen...
Academic staff constitute the core of higher education institutions. They are engaged in teaching an...
Strong forces lead to a withering of academia as it exists today. The major causal forces are the ra...
This study investigates and seeks to identify factors that affect the performance and job satisfacti...
There has been a growing interest on the negative influence that the environment of higher education...
Academic culture now places high expectations on researchers to demonstrate research productivity al...
Higher education institutions are seen as pivotal for fostering national economic growth in a global...
Teaching and research are the two sides of a coin; both are very important for an academician. As pe...
Methods: The aim was to compile a descriptive overview of stressful demands in academia. A diverse r...
As universities strive to raise their academic rank through the quality and quantity of scholarship ...
Can 21st Century universities afford to maintain elitist attitudes to research and reward structures...
Purpose: The core business of universities is learning. Cognitive thinking is critical for learning...
The Higher Education sector has been through an array of changes, such as globalisation, massificati...
Academic staff are required to change and adopt new teaching approaches to meet the requirements and...
Academics are now expected to manage increasingly demanding research, administrative, and teaching o...
In 1988, the Australian Federal Government released the document Higher Education: A Policy Statemen...
Academic staff constitute the core of higher education institutions. They are engaged in teaching an...
Strong forces lead to a withering of academia as it exists today. The major causal forces are the ra...
This study investigates and seeks to identify factors that affect the performance and job satisfacti...
There has been a growing interest on the negative influence that the environment of higher education...
Academic culture now places high expectations on researchers to demonstrate research productivity al...
Higher education institutions are seen as pivotal for fostering national economic growth in a global...
Teaching and research are the two sides of a coin; both are very important for an academician. As pe...