Working As Rural Academics
| Autor: | Bronwyn Ellis, Janet Sawyer, Maureen Dollard, Dianne Boxall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Zdroj: | Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 12:43-50 |
| ISSN: | 1839-7387 1036-0026 |
| DOI: | 10.47381/aijre.v12i1.482 |
| Popis: | The work of academics in rural or regional campuses is distinguished in various ways from that of their metropolitan colleagues. From this difference can come inside some benefit to their institution, their discipline and academia in general. The networks formed by such academics can also play a part in regional development initiatives. While academics have often studied various rural and regional occupational groups, they have much less frequently focus upon themselves as rural workers in academia. The study conducted by a team of academics from regional campuses of two metropolitan based universities, located in two different states, aims to contribute to building knowledge about working as a rural academic. Based on interviews and a survey of academics, this study explores the ways in which rule or regional academics perceive their working life, and compares these perceptions with metropolitan academics perceptions of the academic work of their distant colleagues. In a climate in which concerns about professionals leaving regional areas are common, this paper focuses on views of ‘rural academia’ as a potential long term career. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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