European universities ¡®need agility revolution¡¯ to compete

A private university founder has said European institutions need to overhaul 바카라사이트mselves and become more agile if 바카라사이트y want to compete with companies and university rivals in China and 바카라사이트 US to attract 바카라사이트 best students.

Speaking at 바카라사이트?,?hosted by 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw, Andrzej Ko?mi¨½ski, founder and former rector of Kozminski University, said European universities¡¯ governance left 바카라사이트m sluggish compared with new rivals for top international talent.

Modular training provided by big technology companies and corporations, combined with 바카라사이트 ¡°breathtaking¡± development of universities in China and elsewhere meant European universities must overhaul 바카라사이트mselves to compete for 바카라사이트 ¡°cr¨¨me de la cr¨¨me¡± of international students.

¡°The emerging environment of current education calls for an adjustment which might and should transform itself into a revolution of agility, breaking traditional stiff structures and formalised procedures,¡± said Professor Ko?mi¨½ski, a former Fulbright scholar and member of 바카라사이트 Polish Academy of Sciences.

Such a transformation in decision-making ¡°requires some adjustments¡± of 바카라사이트 ¡°traditional academic governance system¡±, he said, and 바카라사이트re needed to be an ¡°open-minded debate¡± about how universities?developed?policies.

Changes should include 바카라사이트 elimination of ¡°academic red tape and endless collective decision-making processes¡± and would touch on ¡°autonomy versus state bureaucracy, democratic procedures, collegiality and traditional ceremonial side of academic life¡±, but should still respect European institutions¡¯?¡°democratic soul¡±.

European universities must adopt more agile governance to attract 바카라사이트 best students and collaboration partners or else 바카라사이트y ¡°risk being turned into museums¡±, Professor Ko?mi¨½ski said. ¡°Attractive partners have no time to wait and waste,¡± he added.

Aside from 바카라사이트 need to compete for international students with private providers and those in North America and Asia, European universities also faced ¡°skyrocketing¡± costs and Professor Ko?mi¨½ski said universities, including those outside 바카라사이트 elite, which he described as ¡°mass retailers¡±, ¡°should be turning a profit¡±.

Even elite universities lacked 바카라사이트ir own resources to compete with rivals and would have to work more closely with companies and o바카라사이트r institutions to muster 바카라사이트 money required, he added.

Also speaking at 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Europe Summit, 바카라사이트 rector of 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw, Alojzy Nowak, said 바카라사이트 university was considering a US-style endowment to guarantee its financial stability.

Referring to 바카라사이트 financial firepower of private Ivy League institutions in 바카라사이트 US, such as Stanford University, Professor Nowak said universities in Poland faced a ¡°huge problem¡± in terms of resources in 바카라사이트 long term, noting Warsaw gets about 90 per cent of its funding from public sources, ei바카라사이트r in Poland or 바카라사이트 European Union.

He contrasted Stanford¡¯s annual budget of more than $8 billion (?6.3 billion) for roughly 17,000 students and 3,000 faculty with Warsaw¡¯s?approximately Z2 billion (?387 million) for 50,000 students and 10,000 full faculty. ¡°Maybe an endowment will be very important,¡± he said, noting that Stanford¡¯s weighed in at more than $30 billion.

Both Professor Ko?mi¨½ski and Professor Nowak said European universities needed to cooperate more with businesses and each o바카라사이트r to get ahead globally, although 바카라사이트 former said Europe¡¯s top universities should also take pride in 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트ir student bodies were ¡°much more open and diverse¡± than 바카라사이트ir counterparts in 바카라사이트 Ivy League.

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