Universities in crisis of high-quality academic staffDespite a raft of applications for nine lecturer vacancies announced in July, HCM City University of Transport has been unable to fill any of the positions. Similarly, HCM City University of Natural Resources and Environment (HUNRE) is in need of academic staff. The university also helps staff join postgraduate programmes, aiming to raise the percentage of doctorate lecturers to 50 per cent by 2020. According to Nguyen Ngọc Trung, head of the Organisation and Administration Department under HCM City University of Pedagogy (HCMUP), many universities have not offered special policies for high-quality lecturers. Meanwhile, the demand for high-quality academic staff is rising,” he added.

Source: VietNamNet News September 30, 2017 07:18 UTC