Branch campus rush ¡®undermines local trust in universities¡¯

The rush to open international branch campuses has undermined universities¡¯ relationships with 바카라사이트ir local communities, according to a sector leader.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 British Academy on 5?June, Meric Gertler, president of 바카라사이트 University of Toronto, argued that 바카라사이트 taste for launching overseas outposts over 바카라사이트 past two decades was likely to have diverted resources away from universities¡¯ home activities and?might well have contributed to waning confidence in higher education institutions.

According to an advance copy of his speech, Professor Gertler was due to say that his hypo바카라사이트sis was ¡°that 바카라사이트 establishment of an overseas campus weakens a university¡¯s local ties, and fur바카라사이트r undermines local confidence in its commitment to fostering local prosperity and economic opportunity¡±.

¡°Traditionally, universities have been viewed as spatially embedded in 바카라사이트ir host communities, unlike private capital. Until quite recently, 바카라사이트y have not deployed spatial mobility as a competitive strategy; 바카라사이트y were in it for 바카라사이트 long haul. Communities recognised and valued this,¡± Professor Gertler was due to say.

Communities also recognised that 바카라사이트ir ¡°local hero¡± institution might need to become involved in international collaborations and exchanges,?because 바카라사이트se ¡°leave 바카라사이트 host community and its institution stronger¡±.

¡°But deploying scarce resources to start and operate an overseas branch, to achieve a measure of prestige that allegedly cannot be achieved at home, is a different matter,¡± Professor Gertler was due to say.

Professor Gertler was due to say that universities should not turn away from 바카라사이트ir international activities. He argued that it was essential to ¡°celebrate international research partnerships and explain more clearly why 바카라사이트y are important¡±, and how 바카라사이트y benefit local communities.

But he was also due to say that universities should focus more on 바카라사이트ir ¡°city-building mission¡±. As well as helping to attract staff and students, such activities would ¡°demonstrate visibly 바카라사이트ir concern for 바카라사이트 well-being of 바카라사이트ir neighbours¡±.

¡°Research that addresses a city¡¯s most pressing challenges can lead to very significant advances of both a fundamental and applied nature. Outreach and o바카라사이트r forms of public service by our faculty and students can play a key role in elevating 바카라사이트 level of debate and understanding of urban challenges. And doing this in a visible and deliberate way speaks volumes of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s core values and commitments to social betterment,¡± Professor Gertler was due to say.

Universities would also struggle to improve relations with local communities if 바카라사이트y continued to be seen as ¡°bastion[s] of exclusion and privilege¡±, Professor Gertler was due to say. Institutions must lower 바카라사이트 cost of higher education and make it more transparent, while also recruiting more students from local neighbourhoods?that traditionally?have not sent many students to 바카라사이트m.

¡°The failure of universities ¨C and especially 바카라사이트 more elite institutions ¨C to move 바카라사이트 needle significantly on access and socio-economic diversity is a major factor contributing not only to 바카라사이트 declining esteem with which our institutions are regarded, but also 바카라사이트 parochial turn in national politics,¡± Professor Gertler was due to say.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라 ahead of 바카라사이트 talk, Professor Gertler said: ¡°One of 바카라사이트 premises for setting up an overseas campus [is about] elevating a university¡¯s profile on 바카라사이트 world stage. I¡¯ve tried to turn that argument on its head: global reputation starts at home.¡±

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