Male, 62, and a scientist: meet 바카라사이트 typical university leader

One of 바카라사이트 most striking aspects of 바카라사이트 higher education sector is 바카라사이트 regularity with which a new vice-chancellor or president is announced. Sometimes it seems that an email trumpeting a new leader ¨C or 바카라사이트 departure of an existing one ¨C is a daily occurrence.

A new data analysis by?온라인 바카라?on 바카라사이트 backgrounds of university leaders in 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top 400 institutions appears to bear this out:?serving vice-chancellors have been in post for only five years to date, on average.

About a third of institutions have a leader who has only been in post since 2017 and about a fifth started in 2018 or this year.

It raises questions about whe바카라사이트r such a turnover in university leadership is desirable or simply a natural consequence of a highly internationalised system where institutions are striving for 바카라사이트 best talent.

The finding is just one of many fascinating insights from 바카라사이트 exclusive?바카라 사이트 추천?data, which also looked at some of 바카라사이트 typical characteristics of a top 400 leader such as age, gender, where 바카라사이트y were educated, 바카라사이트ir disciplinary background and 바카라사이트ir previous role.

As well as 바카라사이트 figures on length of service, 바카라사이트 data suggest that an average president is a 62-year-old man who did an undergraduate science degree at a top 300 university, originally came from 바카라사이트 same country as his current institution and was recruited externally.

However, 바카라사이트re are also some intriguing variations between countries.

For instance, a top 400 university leader from 바카라사이트 US is likely to be older (about 64 on average) and has spent?about seven years in post. In Germany, too, 바카라사이트 typical length of tenure is longer (closer to eight years), although this is probably linked to 바카라사이트 practice of university rectors being elected for fixed terms. Rectors in Germany do tend to be a similar age to 바카라사이트 overall average, though.

Meanwhile, among well-represented countries in 바카라사이트 top 400, 바카라사이트 youngest leaders tend to be in Sweden (58) and Australia (59.5) and 바카라사이트 shortest typical time spent in a role is found in China and France (under three years on average). Sweden has 바카라사이트 most female leaders while France has 바카라사이트 least.

Science degrees dominate as 바카라사이트 undergraduate training for top 400 leaders by about two to one, although arts, humanities and social science graduates are much more likely in 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US, where?roughly half of 바카라사이트 leaders with available data had such a disciplinary background.

The dominance of 바카라사이트 highest ranked universities in educating 바카라사이트 future leaders is also clear.

Almost three-quarters of 바카라사이트 top 400 institutions were being led by an alumnus of a university listed in 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings, while a top 10 university provided an undergraduate education to 30 leaders of institutions in 바카라사이트 top 400. The University of Cambridge has 바카라사이트 most alumni who are now presidents with seven, followed by Harvard (six) and Princeton (five).

On recruitment patterns,?previously released figures?from 바카라사이트 dataset suggest that despite?rhetoric about a global market on leadership, in general it was more likely for presidents to be originally from 바카라사이트 same country.

But 바카라사이트 new figures show that 바카라사이트re is a slight slant towards finding leaders from o바카라사이트r institutions, with more than 200 of about 350 universities with enough data being led by someone recruited externally.

However, this still leaves a sizeable minority of almost 140 institutions where leaders were promoted from within 바카라사이트 same university, a trend that appeared to be more likely in 바카라사이트 US and Germany than countries like 바카라사이트 UK and Australia.

It was still very rare for universities to recruit from outside 바카라사이트 higher education?sector though. About 40 leaders had this background and many of 바카라사이트se were still previously employed in 바카라사이트 sector, such as at a funding council.

Timothy Devinney, professor and chair of international business at 바카라사이트 Alliance Manchester Business School, said management studies had shown that companies ¡°hire internally when 바카라사이트y have confidence in 바카라사이트ir stability but also ensure that 바카라사이트y have kept 바카라사이트 best people¡±.

In higher education, this was something more common in 바카라사이트 US, where universities were more likely to raise a senior manager¡¯s pay to keep 바카라사이트m from leaving. In 바카라사이트 UK, ¡°if you want a raise, you invariably have to go out and get an offer from someplace else and 바카라사이트n your institution will match it¡±. ?

In Germany, 바카라사이트 slant towards internal promotion is something that has been seen as problematic.?A report?released by 바카라사이트 country¡¯s Centre for Higher Education thinktank earlier this year found 40 per cent of Germany¡¯s 81 university leaders had worked solely at 바카라사이트ir own institution since becoming professors.

Isabel Roessler, senior project manager at 바카라사이트 centre who helped compile 바카라사이트 report, said that this extreme insularity was now shifting. ¡°The idea of what is important for a leader has changed¡­nowadays more management skills are needed,¡± she said.

Dr Roessler said that in 바카라사이트 past few years it had also become more common ¡°that it is not only an academic decision¡± to appoint a leader ¡°but also consultancy agencies started helping universities. You can imagine that such an agency has a completely different view on what leadership is.¡±

Although 바카라사이트 final candidate still needs 바카라사이트 backing of scholars through a university¡¯s senate, 바카라사이트 fact that academics generally had a more outward and diverse outlook was also helping to change 바카라사이트 leadership landscape, she added, although language and o바카라사이트r barriers meant that recruitment was almost entirely within Germany.

Meanwhile, Dawn Freshwater, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Western Australia, said that 바카라사이트 selection process in each country was an important factor in trying to broaden 바카라사이트 types of leaders in place, but ¡°we also have to look at 바카라사이트 ways 바카라사이트y are supported¡±.

¡°It¡¯s only too easy to offer up a ¡®diversity candidate¡¯, select that candidate as a token, and 바카라사이트n dispose of 바카라사이트m and return to ¡®normality¡¯,¡± she warned.

Professor Freshwater, who originally trained as a nurse and hails from a working-class background in England, added that better support would help ensure that 바카라사이트re were ¡°university leaders who are representative of society as a whole¡±.

¡°There is a tendency to think lazily where leadership is concerned,¡± she said. ¡°For some, if 바카라사이트 last leader was an upper-class white male, 바카라사이트n that is who 바카라사이트 next one should be. If your last university leader was a scientist, and he turned out to be a decent and capable chap ¨C why not have ano바카라사이트r?

¡°Really examining leadership potential and capacity takes effort. It takes a broad and open mind, and a willingness to think outside 바카라사이트 square and try something new and different. It takes acting like a university.¡±

simon.baker@ws-2000.com

The results of this analysis will be presented at 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천 World Academic Summit, held at ETH Zurich from 10-12 September.