Faculty Shortage Looming in Canada?

A new report by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada predicts that Canadian universities may soon be fighting over Ph.D.‘s, Karen Birchard reports today on The Chronicle’s Web site. Yes, you read that right. According to her report, the second in a series called Trends in Higher Education, Canadian universities are in for a double-whammy because they’ve not only been growing at a rapid clip but they can expect to have to replace 50 percent of their faculties because of retirements over the next decade, Birchard writes:

That means Canadian universities will need 21,000 new faculty members to replace the retirees, plus 3,600 to 13,600 new professors by 2016 to keep up with projected increases in student enrollment.

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