The PhD conundrum in South African academia

dc.contributor.authorBreier, Mignonne
dc.contributor.authorHerman, Chaya
dc.contributor.emailchaya.herman@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-21T07:24:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.description.abstractSouth African universities need more academics with PhDs, from historically disadvantaged population groups in particular, but they face a conundrum. In order to have more staff with PhDs, they need to produce more PhD graduates. But in order to produce more PhD graduates, they need more staff with PhDs to supervise. This article explores this conundrum by comparing academic qualifications with national policies and targets, by developing a quantitative profile of staff without PhDs and describing government and institutional measures to improve academic qualifications. An institution's supervisory capacity is found to be closely related to institutional history. Four main factors are identified: (a) whether or not the institution was originally established as a traditional university or as a technikon; (b) whether or not it was advantaged or disadvantaged under apartheid, which was closely related to the racial group for which it was established; (c) whether or not it was merged post 2004; and if so, (d) with what type of institution it was merged.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentEducation Management and Policy Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2019-10-01
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Australia–Africa Universities Network (AAUN)en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hequen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBreier M, Herman C. The PhD conundrum in South African academia. Higher Education Quarterly 2017;71:352–368. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12134.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0951-5224 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1468-2273 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/hequ.12134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71152
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. . This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : The PhD conundrum in South African academia. Higher Education Quarterly 2017;71:352–368. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12134. The definite version is available at : https://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hequ.en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African universitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectPhDen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademicsen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic qualificationsen_ZA
dc.subjectNational policies and targetsen_ZA
dc.subjectGovernment measureen_ZA
dc.subjectInstitutional measureen_ZA
dc.titleThe PhD conundrum in South African academiaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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