Australia's aboriginal intake drops
Australia’s vice-chancellors are to seek talks with federal education minister David Kemp after statistics revealed a fall of more than 15 per cent in university enrolments by indigenous people.
US professorial salaries slow to rise
A survey by the American Association of University Professors has found that faculty pay has increased on average by 3.5 per cent, only 0.1 per cent above inflation. Although salaries rose for the fourth year in a row, the rate of increase has slowed, the AAUP said.