Three Main Problems

The three main causes, the Committee thinks, are: (1) the loss of existing staff and our inability to replace it because of the existing salary scales: (2) inadequate buildings and equipment; ana (3) teaching conditions "which, in large measure, stem from the undue proportion of part-time students."

Staffing: It is quite clear that New Zealand cannot allow the export of its first-class brains to continue as it has done up till now. There is already some tendency in New Zealand toward the American practice, implicit in an obsession with Ph.D's., of equating research ability with teaching ability. A doctorate is an index of research ability, not teaching ability. However, it is painfully evident that many of the first-class Honours students who leave New Zealand would make excellent University teachers, and the Committee recommends immediate action to halt the flow overseas. In addition. New Zealand has already lost its ability to recruit worthwhile teachers from overseas. If present conditions continue, those who do come will regard New Zealand as a Stepping stone in their careers.