Editing Academic administration (section)

===Australia===
Full-time [[tertiary education]] administrators emerged as a distinct role in Australia from the mid-1970s, as institutions sought to deal with their increasing size and complexity, along with a broadening of their aspirations.<ref>Conway, Maree.  'Defining administrators and new professionals.' PERSPECTIVES, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, 2000: pp. 4-5.</ref> As the professionalism of tertiary administrators has developed, there has been a corresponding push to recognise the uniqueness and validity of their role in the academic environment.<ref>GORNALL, L. (1988) 'New professionals': changes and occupational roles in higher education. perspectives, 3(2), pp. 44-49.</ref><ref>Conway, Maree and Ian Dobson. 'Fear and Loathing in University Staffing: The Case of Australian Academic and General Staff.' Journal of Higher Education Management and Policy, Volume 15, No. 3,: pp. 123.133.</ref>

{{as of|2004}}, general staff composed over half the employees at Australian universities.<ref name=Szerkerez2011>{{cite journal|last=Szekeres|first=Judy|title=Professional staff carve out a new space|journal=Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management|year=2011|volume=33|issue=6|pages=679–691|doi=10.1080/1360080X.2011.621193}}</ref> Around 65% of these are female.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wallace|first=Michelle|author2=Marchant, Teresa|title=Female administrative managers in Australian universities: not male and not academic|journal=Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management|year=2011|volume=33|issue=6|pages=567–581|doi=10.1080/1360080X.2011.621184|hdl=10072/42428|hdl-access=free}}</ref>  There has recently been a shift in the preferred nomenclature for non-academic staff at Australian universities, from "general staff" to "professional staff".<ref name=Szerkerez2011/>  It has been argued that the changing in role of the professional staff has been due to the changing work that they are performing, as professional staff assist students with technology.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Graham|first=C.|title=Changing technologies, changing identities: A case study of professional staff and their contributions to learning and teaching|journal=Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education|date=2013|volume=17|issue=2|pages=62–70|doi=10.1080/13603108.2012.716376|doi-broken-date=22 February 2025 }}</ref>

The overarching body for all staff working in administration and management in Australia is the [[Association for Tertiary Education Management]].