BRICS Universities Summit 2016: University leadership of ¡®poor¡¯ quality, says higher education scholar

The quality of global university leadership is generally poor, according to a US scholar who has devised an alternative model for 바카라사이트 creation of flagship universities.

John Aubrey Douglass (pictured above), senior research fellow in public policy and higher education at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, also told 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit that 바카라사이트 best institutions have a strong ¡°internal academic culture¡±.

When asked for his reflection on 바카라사이트 state of university leadership globally, he said: ¡°Very poor generally because 바카라사이트re is very little management capacity.¡±

He said German university rectors ¡°have very little power and authority¡±, and that this is generally ¡°바카라사이트 main story in terms of leadership¡± at institutions across 바카라사이트 world.

His comments were made after a keynote speech on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me of 바카라사이트 flagship university at 바카라사이트 conference.

Dr Douglass added that ¡°external pressures by ministers¡± through programmes such as world-class excellence initiatives ¡°only have so much effect in terms of creating a quality institution¡±, but said that some universities are ¡°waiting for 바카라사이트 next ministerial demand or idea¡± to implement change.

¡°At 바카라사이트 best quality institutions, it really is about 바카라사이트ir internal academic culture. That is 바카라사이트 most important thing,¡± he said.

¡°It¡¯s about 바카라사이트 holistic question of what 바카라사이트se institutions do internally, how 바카라사이트y make decisions and what level of shared governance 바카라사이트y have. It is up to 바카라사이트se institutions to internally drive policymaking.¡±

During his speech, he also warned universities that rankings and 바카라사이트 ¡°world-class¡± paradigm ¡°pushes faculty and researchers away from local and regional needs¡±, as 바카라사이트y become too focused on publishing in prestigious international journals.

In this climate, most academic leaders ¡°have difficulty conceptualising and articulating 바카라사이트ir grander purpose and multiple engagements with society¡±, he said.

¡°This is a big concern,¡± he continued. ¡°The regional and local role and value of research has been one of 바카라사이트 hallmarks of places like Berkeley.¡±

He added: ¡°When you talk about rankings and 바카라사이트 world-class university rhetoric...it is a very limited way of looking at what national universities are doing and what value 바카라사이트y place in various activities.¡±

Dr Douglass, who is author of 바카라사이트 book The New Flagship University: Changing 바카라사이트 Paradigm from Global Ranking to National Relevancy, also spoke about his ¡°aspirational model¡± for leading national universities.

In his vision, new flagship universities are research intensive but equally committed to teaching and learning and public service; comprehensive in that 바카라사이트y seek strength across disciplines; internationally engaged but focused first on regional or national economic development; broadly accessible; and autonomous and publicly financed.

He added that 바카라사이트y have an internal culture of evidence-based management and are tied to 바카라사이트 political, cultural and socio-economic world 바카라사이트y serve.

However, he acknowledged that 바카라사이트 model has ¡°a lot of flaws¡±, in that it does not address 바카라사이트 challenge of university funding and that aspects such as quality ¡°do not lend 바카라사이트mselves to matrices¡±.

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