STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS IN AUSTRALIA

Abstract

The universities have traditionally seen as one of their major functions the preparation of persons for the higher professions. Though the definition of high profession has been expanded in recent decades to include a wide spectrum of occupations ranging all the way from forestry to accountancy and including various kinds of administration, whether it be business or hospital or school, the universities hate been very slow in recognising university administration as an area requiring their attention. Universities provide preparation for many professions including those relating to administration, but they have been slow to develop courses to meet the requirements of their own complex administrative systems. The reason for this lies in an outmoded perspective of the modern university. In Australia, programmes of training are now being introduced. Some of these are examined and described.

Citation

McCAIG, R. (1975), "STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS IN AUSTRALIA", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009729