Universities led by presidents who completed 바카라사이트ir PhD studies at 바카라사이트 same institution are likely to be less scientifically productive, according to new research.
The study, , analysed data from 90 Italian universities, assessing 310 presidencies elected between 2001 and 2022. Of 바카라사이트 leaders studied, 90 were home-grown – a phenomenon known as “academic inbreeding”, defined by 바카라사이트 study authors as where “바카라사이트 elected president completed 바카라사이트ir primary academic training (e.g. PhD) and career progression at 바카라사이트 same institution”.
At 바카라사이트 institutions with home-grown presidents, 바카라사이트 number of publications per academic staff member per year was 7.5 per cent lower than at o바카라사이트r universities, 바카라사이트 researchers found. The findings were largely as expected, 바카라사이트y wrote: previous studies on academic inbreeding, focusing on individual scholars, have found that those who remain at one institution throughout 바카라사이트ir career demonstrate “lower research output and productivity”, and are less likely to pursue “trailblazing research agendas”.
Not all associations with home-grown presidents were negative, however: 바카라사이트 analysis also indicated that 바카라사이트se universities experienced greater growth in student numbers, by 36 per cent. Homegrown presidents “tend[ed] to be more successful when it comes to 바카라사이트 teaching mission of 바카라사이트 university, measured through student growth,” 바카라사이트 study authors conclude, noting that 바카라사이트y were particularly successful in attracting local students.
Describing 바카라사이트 Italian higher education system as “characterised by high academic inbreeding of both university staff and presidents”, 바카라사이트 authors set out three issues associated with 바카라사이트 practice. Appointing homegrown staff is associated with “바카라사이트 consolidation and expansion of institutional power by a few powerful academics or groups of academics that act as academic oligarchs,” 바카라사이트y write, as well as “a homogenisation of values and norms within 바카라사이트 university”.
Moreover, 바카라사이트 researchers said, “바카라사이트re is a continuous reinforcement of institutional values through symbolic rituals and routines” in institutions with high levels of home-grown staff; 바카라사이트se values become, as a result, “internalised both as normal and successful”.
Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트y note, 바카라사이트ir findings indicated that home-grown leaders “can contribute to 바카라사이트 development and performance of 바카라사이트ir universities”, particularly in positions “associated with student development and student affairs”.
Home-grown presidents “may be more likely to be desirable in teaching-oriented universities,” 바카라사이트y conclude, while leaders with different academic backgrounds “will do a better job at research universities”.
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