ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on quantitative differences in distribution of teaching and research time and teaching and research role orientation across academic generations—specifically, by comparing young academics with their older colleagues across six European higher education systems. It explores intergenerational and cross-national patterns in the teaching/research divide in European systems, using large-scale comparative data on research and teaching time allocation, teaching or research role orientation, and intergenerational patterns in research productivity across academic age cohorts. In science, increasing age stratification increases differences between academic cohorts or generations and is closely interrelated with academic role stratification. The chapter also focuses on patterns of academic work, academic attitudes, and research productivity among academics under 40 as compared with those in older age brackets. The permanent competition between teaching and research time investments is a core theme in higher education studies because it is closely linked to academic prestige and allocation of awards.
