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This paper considers Australian academic staff members' attitudes to their colleagues in positions of university leadership, based on responses to the international Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey conducted in 2007. When compared with responses from other participating nations, Australian academics indicate considerably lower satisfaction on management issues than the average for all countries. Only academics from Hong Kong and the United Kingdom report a lower level of satisfaction with institutional leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the contents of the first thirty years of the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management and its predecessor, the Journal of Tertiary Education Administration. The paper examines the papers published between 1979 and 2008 according to their authorship, country of origin and broad content, noting changes over time. In the broadest of terms, the proportion of papers written by academic staff and by women has increased, as has the proportion of papers from sources other than Australia and New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current debate about boys education risks taking us back decades in terms of understanding the significance of gender in relation to education. Of particular concern here is the tendency within such debates to rely on dichotomous understandings of gender which reinscribe essentialist understandings of both ‘girls’ and ‘boys’. In this way, the so‐called gender wars construct a climate whereby difference between the categories obfuscates difference within each. Here this issue is explored most specifically in relation to access to higher education and the possible impact of single‐sex schooling. Current debates surrounding boys' experience of schooling have refreshed interest in the possible benefits of single‐sex education, particularly for boys. Schools are establishing single‐sex classes for boys and in some cases parallel education (the provision of single‐sex facilities for girls and boys at the same campus) is being promoted as a way forward. In this paper we examine data from Australia's largest and most diverse university in order to explore the relationship between single‐sex schooling and access to higher education in ways which account for difference based primarily on school sector and socio‐economic status. In these terms, if single‐sex schooling is beneficial for boys we need to consider which boys are benefiting and at whose expense. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including Stuart Palmer's paper on the use of Twitter, Kylie Smith's paper dealing with academic promotion and Lorna Moxham's paper related to issues of doctoral students.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including international students, university funding and data and quality. quality.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including gender, postgraduate education in Sweden, and scope and role of advising programmes.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses, articles published within the issue including one related to international education, one related to dual degree programmes and one in context with social integration for international students and international staff.

The author reflects on the massive number of authors willing to publish their works in "Journal of Higher Education Education Policy and Management." He notes the record breaking number of journal papers passed from authors for the journal. He mentions the increased issues published by the journal from 2004-2008. Furthermore, he also states the sources from previous issues.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one related to university-industry relationships, and another related to student administration.

The author reflects on the increasing number of article submissions in the periodical "Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management." He comments that the issue is the last for 2007. He discusses that about eighty-five percent of article submissions will be rejected. He suggests the increase of the number of issues published within the year.