Abstract
This article analyzes the sex ratio, national origin, age distribution, and levels of qualification of academics in the education departments of Australian universities. The limited turnover in university positions that can be expected in the 1980s and 1990s will adversely affect the career prospects of recent and future graduates in education. The present underrepresentation of women in university appointments seems likely to be perpetuated. The many academics recruited by education departments in the 1960s and 1970s were mostly relatively young men. As the age distribution of academics shifts, the Australian education departments may be faced with problems of obsolescence and rigidity.
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