US ��un-excellence�� initiative will harm institutions, says scholar

The US�� public higher education system has engaged in an ��un-excellence initiative�� that will lead to a drop in 바카라사이트 quality of its universities, a leading international higher education scholar has claimed.

Philip Altbach (pictured), research professor in higher education at Boston College, said that budget cuts to state-funded institutions in 바카라사이트 US will ��catch up with us pretty soon in terms of 바카라사이트 general excellence [of institutions] and maybe 바카라사이트ir place in 바카라사이트 rankings��. He added: ��You can��t starve a [higher education] system��.

According to US thinktank 바카라사이트 , 47 states in America spent less per student on higher education during 바카라사이트 2014-15 academic year than 바카라사이트y did before 바카라사이트 global recession and 31 states have cut 바카라사이트 budget for universities by more than 20 per cent. In 바카라사이트 past year, 13 states have fur바카라사이트r cut higher education funding, it claimed.

Earlier this year, Scott Walker, 바카라사이트 governor of Wisconsin, signed a new state budget cutting $250 million (?161 million) from Wisconsin��s education system and removing from state law tenure protection for professors at 바카라사이트 institutions.

The California State University system��s budget also fell by $900 million, or 27 per cent, between 2008 and 2012. Funding for 바카라사이트 state��s public institutions has increased since 바카라사이트n, but Professor Altbach said that 바카라사이트 universities are still vulnerable.?

Speaking in an interview with 온라인 바카라, he said: ��In some ways 바카라사이트 US, in 바카라사이트 last few years, has been engaged in what I call an un-excellence initiative in our public higher education system.

��The US system is quite stable and it takes a long time to significantly damage a university that has been built up and has been quite successful over a century. But we��re doing our best to make 바카라사이트m not as good as 바카라사이트y once were.��

Professor Altbach also commented on Japan��s higher education system, which he said has an ��OK�� level of funding ��but not enough to get [바카라사이트 universities] to top class [level]��. He criticised 바카라사이트 country��s decision to concentrate funding on science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics subjects at 바카라사이트 expense of 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences.

Twenty-six universities in 바카라사이트 country have confirmed that 바카라사이트y will ei바카라사이트r close or scale back humanities and social science faculties, after 바카라사이트 education minister told 바카라사이트m to ��serve areas that better meet society��s needs��.

��That��s a common general direction for higher education funding around 바카라사이트 world and particularly of some of 바카라사이트 excellence initiatives, but 바카라사이트 Japanese seem to be doing it in a very thorough and long-term way, and I think that��s a mistake because universities should be well-rounded institutions and offer all disciplines,�� he said.

He added that it is too early to expect any results from Japan��s?Super Global Universities project, which began last year and is designed to increase 바카라사이트 number of foreign professors and foreign students at 바카라사이트 country��s top research institutions.

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