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St Augustine College is a centre for research in a number of fields and although it is small in terms of numbers of academic staff, the emphasis on research and publication is viewed as a key component of its identity as a higher education institution.
Figure 1 represents research productivity between 2003-2009. St Augustine College started in 1999 as a small community of scholars and students and has grown considerably over the years, in terms of the number of students graduated, the number of faculty recruited, and its scholarly production. In comparison to state institutions the College remains relatively small, but its record of scholarship in particular niche areas, has ensured that, in time, a reputation for socially engaged research, has been achieved.
Between 2003-2008 the average number of fulltime academic staff at the College was 7. The figures, then, show the following statistics: the average rate of books published per academic staff member was 0.4; articles in books was 3,4; articles in accredited journals was 7,8; articles in other journals was 3,7; and book reviews was 2,4. Given that, over the same period, the total number of social-outreach projects that the academic staff was engaged in was 112 projects (an average of 18.6 per year or 16 projects per staff member), then the quotient of high level research is comparable to the more productive SIHE.
SACSA can also boast of two academic journals that it publishes: St Augustine Papers and Praxis – Journal for Christian Business Leadership. The first has two editions annually and has been published since 2000; it is send to universities and individuals locally and internationally. The second, which is fully accredited and reviewed, has three editions annually and has more than 220 subscribers (van Heerden, Position Paper: Supporting the Research Initiatives of Institutions of Higher Learning: National Research Funding and Non-Profit Private Institutions of Higher Education, 2009, p.21).
Figure 1: high level research done at St Augustine College of South Africa
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2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Total |
| Books |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| Chapters in Books |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
28 |
| Articles in Journals(peer reviewed) |
8 |
8 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
4 |
59 |
| Articles - Journals(unreviewed) |
7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
32 |
| Book Reviews |
3 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
24 |
| Total |
22 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
21 |
27 |
23 |
148 |
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