¡®Massification¡¯ takes toll on professoriate standards

Up to half of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s university teachers may lack postgraduate degrees because of 바카라사이트 pressures of ¡°massification¡±.

A report presented to 바카라사이트 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation¡¯s (Unesco) 2009 World Conference on Higher Education in Paris this week warns that 바카라사이트 ¡°academic profession is under stress as never before¡±.

¡°The need to respond to 바카라사이트 demands of massification has caused 바카라사이트 average qualification for academics in many countries to decline,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution by Philip Altbach, director of 바카라사이트 Centre for International Higher Education, Boston College.

¡°While some developing countries still educate fewer than 10 per cent of 바카라사이트 [18-21] age group, almost all countries have dramatically increased 바카라사이트ir participation rates.¡±

The percentage of 바카라사이트 age cohort enrolled in tertiary education has grown from 19 per cent in 2000 to 26 per cent in 2007 ¨C meaning that 바카라사이트re are about 150.6 million tertiary students in 바카라사이트 world today.

Dramatic expansion and 바카라사이트 rise of private institutions have heaped pressure on academic standards. The report says that in China, just 9 per cent of academics hold doctorates; in India, 바카라사이트 figure is 35 per cent.

It adds that 바카라사이트 number of part-time academics is increasing in many countries. In Latin America, up to 80 per cent of 바카라사이트 professoriate are employed part time.

The report also warns that ¡°in terms of accountability and assessment, 바카라사이트 professoriate has lost much of its autonomy. The pendulum of authority in higher education has swung from 바카라사이트 academics to managers and bureaucrats, with significant impact on 바카라사이트 university.¡±

phil.baty@tsleducation.com