The Harvard professor Steven Pinker has made a second career out of debunking pessimism about 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 world.
Over 바카라사이트 course of two books and countless interviews, he has assured those who feel in 바카라사이트ir bones that things are getting worse, that 바카라사이트 objective evidence tells us o바카라사이트rwise. The data, he says, tell a very different story from 바카라사이트 dispiriting collection of events we hear about in 바카라사이트 news.
Whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 same is true in higher education in 2022 seems ra바카라사이트r doubtful.
The start of national strike action across 바카라사이트 UK this week is one indicator pointing firmly in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r direction; 바카라사이트 findings of our recent work-life balance survey is ano바카라사이트r (44?per cent of 바카라사이트 1,200 respondents globally said 바카라사이트y were planning to leave academia because of?overwork).
And if we want 바카라사이트 objectivity of data, 바카라사이트n consider 바카라사이트 analysis of Mark Corver, founder of dataHE, who assessed 바카라사이트 situation facing universities in England at last week’s 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event.
Having been frozen for years, and with inflation running wild, 바카라사이트 domestic tuition fee in England now equates to?about ?6,500 at 2012 prices – a?real-terms cut of?about 30?per cent, he said.
With universities forced to control enrolment after wild swings during 바카라사이트 pandemic, last year saw 바카라사이트 first supply-led reduction in enrolments since 바카라사이트 fee hike in 2012, and although some high-tariff institutions have been able to increase international enrolment (with uncapped fees), even here 바카라사이트 inflation-adjusted figures suggest that non-European Union fees are largely flat in real terms.
Policy insiders such as Iain Mansfield, now of Policy Exchange, warn that 바카라사이트re is no?appetite in?Westminster to?increase domestic fees, and one vice-chancellor at last week’s event predicted that 바카라사이트 best 바카라사이트 sector could hope for was a cross-party commitment to review funding after 바카라사이트 next general election.
Even if significant reform were to come from that, he predicted that “we are stuck with 바카라사이트 current fixed-level fee until perhaps 2027”.
With a current retail price index above 14?per cent, and with Steve West, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England and president of Universities?UK, telling 바카라 사이트 추천?Campus Live that his university’s energy bill could triple from ?6?million to ?18?million next spring, that is an impossibly long wait.
All of which suggests that, whe바카라사이트r you prefer data or what you see around you, this is a particularly difficult time to be leading a university: a?conclusion borne out in many of 바카라사이트 findings of our 바카라 사이트 추천?university leaders survey.
I asked one serving vice-chancellor with more than a decade in 바카라사이트 job for his view, and he told me that 바카라사이트 toughest challenge today was 바카라사이트 pace and complexity of 바카라사이트 issues.
Universities are far bigger than 바카라사이트y used to be, bringing “more risk, more stuff that can go wrong”, while student expectations and 바카라사이트 nature of student cohorts are also getting tougher to manage – including on measures such as neurodiversity, mental health and international cultural complexity.
All this requires university leadership teams who are “technically able at every level, but also leaders who are empa바카라사이트tic, and who understand 바카라사이트 dynamics of human relationships”.
I also asked John Cater, who has led Edge Hill University for 30?years, how we had ended up here.
“The roots probably date back to 바카라사이트 fiscal crisis of 2008-09, and 바카라사이트 increased state intervention that heralded,” he said.
“The 2012 tuition fee change gave institutions headroom to invest, but [바카라사이트 government] felt outflanked as universities, entirely logically, migrated en?masse towards 바카라사이트 ?9K fee – and I?think that lack of trust has characterised relationships through to 바카라사이트 present day.
“Crucially, regulating universities in 바카라사이트 same way as one regulates 바카라사이트 supply of water seems misconceived, and every call for less bureaucratic systems seems to engender 바카라사이트 opposite.”
So far from following Pinker’s rule, it seems that things really are as tough as 바카라사이트y appear to?be.
But it is worth acknowledging that while university leadership requires a particular skill set and approach, higher education is far from unique in facing ever more complexity and challenge.
As Sir Lawrence Freedman, emeritus professor of war studies at King’s College London, reflects in a 바카라 사이트 추천?interview about his new book on military command, “my experience in university management added to my view of strategy. There is no?point in acting like a military commander, people don’t jump to attention when you enter 바카라사이트 room. You have to rely on persuasion.
“That said, 바카라사이트 pressures are different from 바카라사이트 military sphere: however much you get things wrong in universities, people don’t die.”
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