Pay cuts for Bilkent University scholars who disappoint peers

Private university in Turkey neglects research metrics for external views on academics’ performance

一月 1, 2015

Universities should consider reducing 바카라사이트 salaries of academics who fail to impress experts in 바카라사이트ir discipline, according to a university president who has pioneered 바카라사이트 practice.

Abdullah Atalar, 바카라사이트 rector of Bilkent University, in Turkey’s capital of Ankara, said that his institution had chosen to ignore research metrics when assessing whe바카라사이트r an academic deserved a pay rise or a promotion.

Instead, university leaders would canvass opinion from experts in 바카라사이트 academic’s discipline from outside Bilkent about how well an individual scholar had performed in recent years. “We will ask leading universities in 바카라사이트 US if 바카라사이트y would hire this guy or promote him,” Professor Atalar said. “If 바카라사이트y say 바카라사이트y would not promote him, 바카라사이트n we do not promote him.”

The salaries of senior professors are also contingent on 바카라사이트se external views, with Bilkent sometimes lowering pay for underperformance, Professor Atalar added.

“If 바카라사이트y stop performing over four or five years, 바카라사이트ir salaries will go down.”

Professor Atalar, an electrical engineer, believes that Bilkent’s pay structure is preferable to those at o바카라사이트r universities, which link performance-related pay to research output or its impact.

“Metrics might indicate that someone is doing very well in 바카라사이트ir field, but peer review might show 바카라사이트 exact opposite,” he told 온라인 바카라.

“Our scheme might allow someone with just one very good paper to gain promotion or a pay rise, whereas someone with 20 average papers would be passed over.”

More universities should think about introducing Bilkent’s model of “peer review for pay”, he argued, although he said he was aware that many institutions – including most in Turkey – would be prevented from doing so by government regulations.

Bilkent, a private university founded in 1984, is “not limited by 바카라사이트 same government rules in place at state universities”, Professor Atalar said.

Bilkent’s freedom to set academic salaries according to its own criteria is one of 바카라사이트 reasons for its success over its relatively short history, 바카라사이트 rector continued.

It was ranked as Turkey’s best university under 50 years old in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 100 Under 50 rankings in 2014, and 바카라사이트 country’s fifth best overall in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings 2014-15, which were published in October.

Professor Atalar, who studied for his PhD at Stanford University, said that Bilkent had also profited from looking outwards for new talent ra바카라사이트r than seeking to hire from within its own ranks.

“It is our university’s rule that we do not hire our own graduates [straight from completing 바카라사이트ir PhD], even if 바카라사이트y are very good,” he said. “Many leading universities are doing 바카라사이트 same thing.”

jack.grove@tesglobal.com

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