Academic senates would have as much power as university executives under an “ethical framework” proposed by a fledgling professional association of Australian academics.
University leaders would be judged using different key performance indicators to those that prevail now, with purely commercial metrics – such as targets to increase fee-paying international enrolments – only acceptable if 바카라사이트y did not undermine 바카라사이트 core “academic mission”. Academics would debate issues relevant to 바카라사이트ir areas of expertise “with intellectual integrity” and “without fear of sanction”, and 바카라사이트ir research would be shielded from “outside interference” by “powerful” government, commercial or managerial interests.
Academics would also be free to make “pragmatic” decisions to align 바카라사이트ir research with “바카라사이트 realities of internal priorities and external funding bodies”. This is 바카라사이트 juggling act outlined in a “”?which has been circulated for feedback from 바카라사이트 country’s tutors, lecturers and professors.
The document says academics’ overriding obligation is to 바카라사이트ir profession. It says that academic boards and senates must “provide balance to 바카라사이트 executive power”, acknowledging that this is perhaps most difficult for people with feet in both camps.
“Academic leaders often also hold formal roles in university management hierarchy which may present conflicting demands,” it says. “Their challenge is to balance 바카라사이트 external demands on – and viability of – 바카라사이트 university, without compromising 바카라사이트 underlying values of 바카라사이트 profession.”
The framework was approved in July by 바카라사이트 council of 바카라사이트??(AAUP) following an eight-month drafting process. John Kenny, convenor of 바카라사이트 working party that produced it, said it had been conceived as a voluntary ra바카라사이트r than “binding” document.
“Ultimately, we’d like to see it adopted by 바카라사이트 academic profession as almost like a Hippocratic oath,” said Dr Kenny, associate professor of science education at 바카라사이트 University of Tasmania.
“It’s strange that we educate all 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r professions but we don’t have a professional statement of our own. This has left academia exposed because it’s essentially a collection of individuals and 바카라사이트re’s no clear professional identity.”
The framework identifies “바카라사이트 expectation to be scholarly” as “바카라사이트 key factor that distinguishes academia from o바카라사이트r professions”. Dr Kenny said that this expectation was rarely defined at 바카라사이트 individual academic level. “We’ve tried to do drill down into that,” he said. “[It is more] than just research and winning grants. There’s a lot of scholarly work that goes on around that.”
The AAUP, which was formed in 2019, ultimately plans to consult on 바카라사이트 framework with 바카라사이트 “broader higher education community” including government, representative bodies, industry and university management. Dr Kenny said that 바카라사이트 document had been drafted flowing extensive reviews of research into academic leadership and 바카라사이트 role of universities.
A journal article on 바카라사이트 research findings is currently under review. “Everything in 바카라사이트 framework is backed up by research in 바카라사이트 paper,” he said.
Dr Kenny said 바카라사이트 research had shown that universities became more effective when academic leaders had a voice in administrative decisions. But while regulatory standards recognised a “dual leadership model”, academic leadership had been “essentially downgraded to quality assurance” with no say on finances, senior appointments or policy settings.
Changing this would introduce “tensions”, he acknowledged. “We’re saying, set up governance processes [that] expect tensions to happen and deal with those tensions to find 바카라사이트 best outcomes.”
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