University Grants Commission,India in process to make it compulsory .
In my country (Serbia) it is required to have a PhD degree along with certain number of SCI papers to become Assistant Professor at University.
Depends on how many PhDs in the specific field are out there.
I don't think a position should remain empty if there's no PhD available to fill it.
I also don't think a PhD in a contingent field should outclass an on-point Master.
Success in peer-reviewed research publication, success in research funding, would be better criteria, whatever the degree else would be better criteria than PhD by itself.
Preferably the need for the required scientific expertise .....
In my country (Serbia) it is required to have a PhD degree along with certain number of SCI papers to become Assistant Professor at University.
No. A PhD only should not be the minimum qualification to become Assistant Professor of a University/college. Dear Prof. Popović-Djordjević made a good point.
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Not actually. The real research abilities can be assessed by peer-reviewed publications, awards, and letters from colleagues in the same category of the field. I saw many assistant professors who cannot produce productive publications and are struggling in surviving at their university.
Yes, I think PhD should be the minimum criteria to be eligible for Assistant Professor.
Yes, I do believe that PhD should be the minimum requirement to be eligible for assistant professor
Those who have PhD degree by any means even by hook and crook way and do not know how to teach will say it is compulsory. Others will say no it is not compulsory.
Do you need PhD to become IAS, IPS officer? Is PhD necessary to become Prime minister, President or MP, MLA ?
In Italy it is no longer mandatory, but advisable (it is a preferential title).
However, "assistant professors" are not chosen on the basis of the academic curriculum, but based on the approval of the "teacher to attend".
Moreover, many doctoral courses that have been born in the last decade are groundless.
In Nigeria, PhD, publications and years of experience in teaching and researching are the basic requirements.
Of course, PhD along with NET should be the minimum qualification for Asstt. Professor.
The day it will be mandatory to have PhD to become an education minister UGC must implement this regulation.
In my experience as director of a graduate program in philosophy, I encountered students with master's degrees from certain universities in certain countries whose knowledge and ability did not even measure up to that of some of our own less-than-stellar undergraduates. So I shudder to think of such students being in charge of teaching or mentoring the next generation. In some situations a PhD that has been examined and passed by individuals, who themselves have sound reputations, should definitely be mandatory.
In Iraq, If you have 2 original paper published and have at least 2 years of teaching experience, you get a teacher title after Master. Or, you can get teacher titel after Ph.D. directky.
An Assistant Professor title is awarded after someone has become a teacher titel and has 6 more teaching experience and submits at least 4 original papers.
A professor becomes someone who already has Ph.D. and an Assistant Professor title and works for another 6 years in research and teaching and also submits 6 more original papers.
I believe that this should be the standard. Notwithstanding, number of years of teaching experience should not be ignored either when certain considerations are made.
Yes, it should be mandatory plus two publications in Scopus, Elsevier, Springer or some equivalent journals.
No, I do not think so. On the contrary. The professor must be enrolled in his teaching work at the university in order to experience teaching methods
Apparently the regulations are very different. proven
Master + Research (published papers) + courses in Teaching Methods (certificste) + Teaching Experience (6 years) + language courses (English certificate) can man Asst. Become a professor.
But to be Proffesor you must have a PhD, Asst. Prof. titel, Teaching Experience (6 years more after Asst. Prof. ) and more Resarch papers (published papers).
To large extent of course PhD is essential for one to execute Assistant Professorship duties. However it is also vital to build capacity in potential Masters students who have made 2 or more publications in reputable journals and are studying towards PhD.
i think obtaining a PhD isn't enough to promote a scholar to assistant professor, about 2 or 3 publication in SCI journals or other equivalent journals with high impact factor, also teaching or field experience is also an important factor to take note.
@Dear Haji Saediman, there is no restriction of selection of M.Sc candidate in India but PhD candidate is available than he/she deserve for the post.
In addition, that person should has at least 1 publication with his/her name as first author.
Yes, I do believe, specially in the perspective of Bangladesh, where nonacademic work dominate over the rules
Now it has also become the eligibility criteria in Indian Universities too.
A faculty in a university is supposed to carry out good research, so perhaps keeping this in view UGC has made it compulsory that an assistant professor must be a PhD.
Before we embarking assistant professor means lecturer but if you mean associate professor he or she should have PhD first and should make at least 7 research papers to be published in respectable journals well known and some review articles that will be accepted from reviewers with fruitful discussion.
Sure, it's a minimum requirement to become assistant professor and you need to publish at least one article in peer reviewed journal.
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Yes, Ph.D. should be the minimum essential qualification along with good publication record in peer-reviewed journals in order to maintain quality of higher education.
Yes, Higher Education Commission Pakistan is trying hard to enforce this criteria for the past few years. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of PhD holders in some disciplines.
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I think this should be minimum requirement for any faculty post. Along with this there should be regular evaluation of the scientist s or teaching faculties and accordingly promotion or demotions should be enforced. High quality professionals are highly essential for any country for its development and higher degrees from high profiles institutes ensures better quality to some extent . This is my personal opinion.
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Partha
Even after PhD many scholars will be lacking knowledge of writing scientific articles,so good publication also should be made mandatory along with PhD.
Absolutely Ph.D. should be the minimum criteria along with good publication record. This is a welcome step by ICAR, which will be implemented in a couple of years......
Along with the publication we should consider the contribution of the auther in the publication coz in many institutes a mere post graduation student has around 20 publications while completing his research which sld be condemned along with strengent actions
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Partha
It should be.... But i must say this.... Having Ph.D does not mean you doing good researches... Also publications should be the criteria for promotions alongside Ph.D compulsory.
We are talking of a very high level of education. In my country (Tanzania) you have to have a PhD to be a Senior Lecturer, which is a lower rank before becoming an Associate Professor. After completing your PhD and publish “good articles“ you can be promoted to Senior Lecturer!! Therefore, by default, you cannot be an Associate Professor without a PhD.
If the job criteria is related to both teaching and research, yes Ph.D should be the minimum requirement among with other factors like peer reviewed paper and teaching experience.
Along with phd some other criteria like degrees from different institutions wuality of publication utility and contribution of research should also be considered to bring quality in our education system..
Yes, It should be the minimum requirement. In most countries in Africa, you cannot be promoted to a Senior Lecturer without a PhD, talk more of being an Associate Professor. One should have a PhD and a good number of scientific articles to be appointed an Associate Professor.
As it can be known, a job as an Assistant Professor (an entry-level faculty member) in most if not all Universities is often the first appointment held by someone who has recently or previously completed a Ph.D. degree. Then for that sake, a Ph.D. can be considered and should be as a minimum baseline for a Senior Lecturer (e.g. in Tanzania) and all the way to an Associate Professor (a one step up from an assistant professor) elsewhere. With an additional emphasis on balanced teaching capabilities and research duties in an academic environment (no of good/scholarly published papers)
If you mean that Assistance Professor is a Lecturer, Pr-courses at the beginning and theses with new topic as a research work under super visor that is interested in special topics or near leading to PhD. and at least two publish papers in respectable magazine.
Samwel Limbu, It was once possible to become a Prof. without a PhD, just publications. Then things changed, I think in the early 1990s. You should also mention that you cannot became a University lecturer in Tanzania unless you have a GPA equal to or above 3.8 at undergraduate degree!
PhD should be compulsory but of high quality that should be measured with at least to publications in standard journal s i.e. Elsevier, Springer, SCI, Scopus, web of science....
From my faculty membership experience, PhD degree (assistant professor/Lecturer) is the most important part in the initial scientific research career along with ISI journal published paper (peer-reviewed journal) for getting more promoted to associate professor and full professor as well.
Yes PhD should be compulsory for Asst. Professor without compromising the quality of research.
I believe that considering a PhD thesis only to open the gate for a University career is not sufficient to fulfill the job. However, the candidate who is ambitious to pursue a faculty membership has to publish at least two articles in a well -respected journal in his area.
I was surprised to know that in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and many other countries in Asia that someone can become an Assistant Professor without a PhD!!. With a PhD, someone in position to advance the state of knowledge in a particular domain by gathering substantial data, evaluating theory and generating original arguments regarding a significant research area. My view is that a PhD is necessary backed by quality publications in A1 journals.
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