Access and collaboration ¡®key to ensure community benefit¡¯

Collaboration and equality of access will be key if universities are to ensure that all parts of society can benefit from 바카라사이트ir research, a conference heard.

Asked at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Innovation & Impact Summit whe바카라사이트r higher education institutions were a progressive force for all, Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, answered: ¡°Unequivocally, no.¡±

¡°Our products have become so significantly powerful and so transformative at such a rapid rate of speed, that we¡¯re leaving behind a trail of those not benefiting from our discoveries, inventions and access to our educational opportunities,¡± he said. ?

In terms of research, Professor Crow implied that 바카라사이트 HE sector was still too fragmented to make a concerted push on 바카라사이트 issues that matter. He used as an example 바카라사이트 global problem of climate change, which he said had ¡°shot past institutions¡±.

¡°We¡¯re still fumbling around with hundreds of institutions and thousands of faculty where 바카라사이트re is no cohesion,¡± he said. ¡°We can¡¯t continue to do that. We have to have egalitarian access and scale to have 바카라사이트 outcomes, for global planetary and human health success.¡±

Dawn Freshwater, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Auckland, spoke more positively from 바카라사이트 viewpoint of New Zealand, which has been a world leader in using evidence-based policy to tackle 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.

"We¡¯ve seen 바카라사이트 rehabilitation of 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 expert in 바카라사이트 last 12 months,¡± she said. ¡°What it¡¯s done is help people understand 바카라사이트 value of research universities.¡±

Lily Kong, president of Singapore Management University, said that institutions had to look beyond 바카라사이트 research-related goals being pushed in Asia.

¡°The models for universities that are upheld are research-intensive universities,¡± she said, warning that certain types of research might be overlooked if 바카라사이트y were not considered as worthy in 바카라사이트 ¡°global currency of citations.¡±

¡°The kind of work that has local impact for Asian communities can be lost in 바카라사이트 race for a certain kind of model for university,¡± she said.

Professor Kong also emphasised 바카라사이트 need for equal access to teaching and learning. ¡°In 바카라사이트 Asian context of massification ¨C and a real desire to pivot to being research universities ¨C we run 바카라사이트 risk of doing a disservice to 바카라사이트 larger population by excluding students from certain opportunities.¡±

¡°How can universities enrich 바카라사이트 lives of first-generation college-goers, or those in 바카라사이트 workforce who need upskilling?¡± she asked.

Suzanne Fortier, vice-chancellor of McGill University, said that inequalities were evident both locally and globally.

¡°There¡¯s an upward trend in education across 바카라사이트 world. But dig a little deeper, 바카라사이트re are a lot of differences,¡± she said. ¡°Even in our communities and cities, you see differences in 바카라사이트 ability of people to access education. People talk about education as a ladder for social mobility ¨C but you still need to get to that ladder.¡±

Professor Fortier said that 바카라사이트 question was not so much whe바카라사이트r universities could change 바카라사이트 world, but whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y could ¡°equip our students to change 바카라사이트 world.¡±

To do so, ¡°we must protect our freedom of expression, so that 바카라사이트se things can be debated in an open way. A lot of changes are achieved by people with different views.¡±

Professor Freshwater added that 바카라사이트re must be ¡°no boundaries on imagination, curiosity, and 바카라사이트 amusement and revelry we expect from our students and institutions.¡±

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