Assessing Level and Effectiveness of Corrosion Education in the UAE

Table 7

Reasons for corrosion faculty recruitment.

Reasons for hiring faculty*
Fill a newly created position	77% (10)
Fill a vacancy due to a retiring or newly retired faculty member	15% (2)
Others	8% (1)
Reasons for NOT hiring faculty*
Other topics have more priority	60% (27)
Limited department budget	7% (3)
Others	33% (15)

*Based on 58 academia respondents.