Supply issues for science academics in Australia: Now and in the future

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-32

  Edwards, Daniel ^a,b   Smith, T Fred ^b  

^a Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic workforce; HDR; Science; Supply; University careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953480112     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9283-0     Document Type: Article

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