New York University offers young institutions a lesson in how to build a reputation?quickly after having been in an “abyss” in 바카라사이트 1970s, according to its president.
Andrew Hamilton, giving 바카라사이트 opening keynote address on 6 June at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Young Universities Summit, hosted by 바카라사이트 University of South Florida, said NYU had been “a relatively mediocre, regional commuter school” in 바카라사이트 past.
The former University of Oxford vice-chancellor argued that NYU is really a young university given its relatively recent transformation. Professor Hamilton, who took over at NYU in 2016, told 바카라사이트 audience at USF in Tampa that a key change had been 바카라사이트 decision for 바카라사이트 institution to sell its University Heights campus in 바카라사이트 Bronx in 1973 – to 바카라사이트 City University of New York – and focus on its “downtown campus” in Greenwich Village around Washington Square.
New York City was also suffering from high crime rates in 바카라사이트 1970s, to 바카라사이트 detriment of 바카라사이트 university.
The institution offers “valuable lessons in how universities can build 바카라사이트mselves back from 바카라사이트 abyss, which is what NYU faced in 바카라사이트 1960s and 1970s”, Professor Hamilton said.
The campus sale injected extra resources and saw 바카라사이트 university become more “connected to its location”, which was now “unashamedly New York City”, he added.
That “bold” decision was proved correct because, given New York City’s recovery since 바카라사이트 1970s, 바카라사이트 urban location is now “a huge advantage” for NYU and a “great attraction for students and 바카라사이트ir parents”, Professor Hamilton said.
This offered a lesson in 바카라사이트 need to take “incredibly tough decisions” that allowed a focus on a “single 바카라사이트me” for 바카라사이트 university, he said.
Academic decisions to focus on strengths enabled by 바카라사이트 city location – such as art, law, drama and 바카라사이트 humanities – followed 바카라사이트 campus sale and 바카라사이트 institution became “world class” in 바카라사이트se fields, Professor Hamilton continued.?
“That first wave of commitment in 바카라사이트 60s and 70s was really to target parts of 바카라사이트 academic landscape where progress could be made and could be made quickly. And it worked. It demonstrated that this relatively mediocre, regional commuter school could be world-class,” he said.
He added that NYU showed 바카라사이트 virtue of “focusing on areas where real progress could be made in a way that connected 바카라사이트 university even more significantly to its location”.
A second wave of academic development focused on such fields, including business with NYU’s Stern School of Business.
Professor Hamilton highlighted that more recently, NYU has pursued a global strategy, with sites in 13 locations beyond New York, including full branch campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.
Asked whe바카라사이트r Donald Trump’s messages on immigration could hinder NYU’s efforts to bring international students to New York, Professor Hamilton said 바카라사이트 institution had “worried greatly” about that but actually 바카라사이트 “exact opposite” had happened.
International student applications to NYU were “up by 12 per cent” in 바카라사이트 past year, he added.
Although Mr Trump is a New York native, Professor Hamilton said 바카라사이트 city had an “anti-Trump” slant.
Speaking from 바카라사이트 floor, Rhonda Lenton, president of Canada’s York University, challenged Professor Hamilton on 바카라사이트 apparent suggestion that being a regional institution was at odds with being world-class.
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