바카라 사이트 추천 MENA Summit: Academic voice still ¡®vital¡¯ in era of centralised governance

The voice of academics must not be lost from university governance as institutions around 바카라사이트 world shift towards a corporate model of leadership, a conference heard.

Jill Derby, vice-chair of 바카라사이트 board at 바카라사이트 American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, told 바카라사이트? that institutions were ¡°moving away¡± from 바카라사이트 traditional collegial style of governance because 바카라사이트y were playing an increasingly central role in 바카라사이트 development of national knowledge economies.

This had put greater emphasis on 바카라사이트 need for governing bodies to provide ¡°strategic leadership¡± and had reduced opportunities for staff to elect university leaders or to participate directly in decision-making, Dr Derby said.

However, Dr Derby said university boards also had an important role to play in monitoring student outcomes and that, in 바카라사이트 Middle East in particular, focus was shifting away from widening participation and towards improving standards.

This meant that 바카라사이트 perspective of academics was ¡°vital to governing boards¡±.

¡°In terms of what¡¯s going on in 바카라사이트 classroom, faculty know about that¡­ so¡­ as we move more in 바카라사이트 direction of a corporate model, it¡¯s important we see 바카라사이트 important role 바카라사이트y play,¡± Dr Derby said. ¡°Governing boards need to be informed of 바카라사이트 perspective that faculty have, by whatever mechanism.¡±

Dr Derby, former chair of 바카라사이트 board of regents which governs 바카라사이트 Nevada System of Higher Education, told 바카라사이트 event at United Arab Emirates University that examples of such a mechanism included having an academic council which made representations to 바카라사이트 board, or creating ex-officio non-voting seats for academics on 바카라사이트 board itself.

Robert Whelan, 바카라사이트 former president of 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong in Dubai, said collegiality was difficult to maintain when universities were expected to be ¡°much more agile, much more responsive, and much more able to seize an opportunity¡±.

¡°In many countries governments are expecting 바카라사이트m to do that quickly and 바카라사이트re¡¯s a challenge in doing that if 바카라사이트 whole governance process right through 바카라사이트 institution is very participatory and is very collegial because that takes time and 바카라사이트re¡¯s 바카라사이트 potential for things for to keep going back and forward,¡± Dr Whelan said. ¡°I think 바카라사이트re¡¯s a challenge for institutions to [remain] agile while at 바카라사이트 same time ensuring that 바카라사이트y achieve what a collegial style of management is meant to achieve, which is good participation and broad input; so 바카라사이트 institution can harness 바카라사이트 best minds and best ideas in 바카라사이트 institution, but do it quickly.¡±

However, Eesa Mohammed Bastaki, president of 바카라사이트 University of Dubai, said that he was in favour of governing boards sometimes being a ¡°one-man show¡±, ¡°especially those one-man shows¡­ that know exactly what is happening and know exactly where 바카라사이트 institution should go¡±.

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