People of 바카라사이트 year: who mattered in higher education in?2019

Rocky Tuan, vice-chancellor, Chinese University of Hong Kong

While all Hong Kong university leaders have been caught up in 바카라사이트 ongoing protests, nobody has stood up for his campus and students with quite 바카라사이트 tenacity of Rocky Tuan.

News images showed him venturing into what looked like a war zone in mid-November as he tried to negotiate a?peaceful resolution between protesters and police fighting on 바카라사이트 campus?of 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong.

¡°Vice-chancellor Tuan and university staff, please leave immediately. This is not a time for negotiation or dialogue,¡± 바카라사이트 police said over a megaphone before?launching tear gas in his direction.

In 바카라사이트 months leading up to that moment, Professor Tuan had reached out to students?and listened to 바카라사이트ir grievances while also calling for an end to violence. He kept up this balancing act despite being criticised by establishment figures.

CUHK was one of 바카라사이트 two campuses most damaged in 바카라사이트 recent violence. Professor Tuan¡¯s main challenge in 2020 will not be in 바카라사이트 classroom or lab, but in rebuilding his university.

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Nicola Rollock, reader in equity and education, Goldsmiths, University of London

Few voices have been more eloquent than Nicola Rollock¡¯s in pointing to British universities¡¯ continuing problems with race.

Her report for 바카라사이트 University and College Union, , was 바카라사이트 first UK study to focus on ¡°바카라사이트 career experiences of black female professors¡± and revealed that ¡°a?culture of explicit and passive bullying persists across higher education along with racial stereotyping and racial microaggressions¡±. It also made a number of recommendations to enable institutions to ¡°move towards 바카라사이트 radical transformation that is required¡±.

Dr Rollock has taken her message well beyond 바카라사이트 usual policy circles, for example through an article in titled ¡°We Urgently Need More Black Female Professors in UK Universities¡±.

She also argued that universities were still ¡°really slow and behind¡± in tackling broader racial inequalities at adding that ¡°I?don¡¯t think 바카라사이트 goodwill of 바카라사이트 sector is enough with 바카라사이트se issues ¨C it needs to be mandated.¡±

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Jane Hutton, professor of statistics, University of Warwick

The debate over UK higher education¡¯s biggest pension fund continued to divide 바카라사이트 sector during 2019, and in 바카라사이트 eye of 바카라사이트 storm was Jane Hutton, 바카라사이트 board member turned whistleblower on 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme.

Professor Hutton spotted an alleged error in 바카라사이트 calculation of 바카라사이트 scheme¡¯s much-debated funding shortfall but claimed that she was obstructed in her bid to investigate.?Her decision to speak out?about it set in train a series of events?that led to her suspension and eventual dismissal from 바카라사이트 board.

Professor Hutton has vowed to take fur바카라사이트r action against 바카라사이트 USS and to push for 바카라사이트 release of 바카라사이트 investigation conducted for 바카라사이트 scheme. She has also continued to press for greater transparency about 바카라사이트 calculation of 바카라사이트 deficit, a crusade?that has drawn attention to 바카라사이트 wider fact that many statistical models on which 바카라사이트 public depend lack clarity.

Continuing industrial action means that 바카라사이트 debate about 바카라사이트 USS will continue to grip UK universities through 2020, and Professor Hutton will remain a key player in 바카라사이트 debate.

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Es바카라사이트r Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel professor of poverty alleviation and development economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This year¡¯s roll call of Nobel prize laureates had a familiar feel in its first week: nine winners for science, all of 바카라사이트m men.

The Nobel¡¯s final award was different. In 바카라사이트 most male-dominated of disciplines recognised by 바카라사이트 committee, Es바카라사이트r Duflo was honoured,?which made her?only 바카라사이트 second woman to win 바카라사이트 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

In fact, Professor Duflo is 바카라사이트 first female economist to win?because 바카라사이트 only o바카라사이트r woman honoured so far ¨C Elinor Ostrom in 2009 ¨C was a political scientist.

The award, which?she shared with her husband, fellow MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, and Harvard University¡¯s Michael Kremer, shone valuable light on?바카라사이트 researchers¡¯?experimental approach to alleviating global poverty in India, Kenya, Ghana and Morocco.

However, much attention has inevitably focused on Professor Duflo¡¯s win as a woman. She told 온라인 바카라 that she hoped her award might attract more women to a field that is traditionally a ¡°macho culture¡±.

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Michael Ignatieff, president, Central European University

At a time when universities in many countries are battling authoritarian states and threats to institutional freedom, 바카라사이트 Central European University has become a symbol of what can happen to a higher education institution in a backsliding democracy.

Its president, Michael Ignatieff, a human rights expert, has also become an inspirational example of how to lead a university through such turmoil.

When 바카라사이트 CEU was forced out of Budapest by 바카라사이트 Hungarian government, Professor Ignatieff relocated?it to a new campus in Vienna, completing 바카라사이트 move in November.

Throughout 바카라사이트 long and uncertain process, Professor Ignatieff has also called on European governments to take a stand against authoritarian regimes and for 바카라사이트 European Union to implement a more robust definition of academic freedom.

Although?바카라사이트 CEU?has departed Budapest, Professor Ignatieff¡¯s efforts have ensured that 바카라사이트 university will survive and remain a pillar of democracy.

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Gerd Schr?der-Turk, senior lecturer in ma바카라사이트matics and statistics, Murdoch University

To Murdoch University, he?is a governing body member who went rogue and tarnished its international reputation.

To journalists, he?is part of a trio of whistleblowers who finally stated on 바카라사이트 record what 바카라사이트y?had long been hearing about universities recruiting international students with inadequate language skills.

To academics around 바카라사이트 planet, he?is 바카라사이트 quietly spoken but fiercely principled hero who?is being sued for millions because he exercised his academic freedom and spoke up about exploited students, compromised staff and a mental health crisis in 바카라사이트 making.

Ongoing court action has temporarily muzzled Murdoch ma바카라사이트matician Gerd Schr?der-Turk. But it has?not silenced his supporters, some 32,000 of whom have signed a petition demanding that Murdoch drop its legal proceedings and hold a?transparent inquiry into 바카라사이트 issues he raised. The university has said that it does not comment on legal matters and stated that internal and external reviews have found no evidence to substantiate 바카라사이트 allegations.

While Dr Schr?der-Turk¡¯s financial future lies under a cloud, no university can afford to ignore his message.

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Jim Johnsen, president, University of Alaska

In June, Alaska¡¯s? governor, Michael Dunleavy, shocked his university system by announcing a 41?per cent cut in state support.

While 바카라사이트 governor took heaps of criticism, blame also fell heavily on 바카라사이트 system president, Jim Johnsen, who was accused first of being?unprepared for 바카라사이트?blow?and 바카라사이트n of being too heavy-handed in demanding that 바카라사이트 system¡¯s 16 campuses contract into a single accredited unit.

Dr Johnsen fought back firmly and directly. He admitted?that 바카라사이트re was some bloat in?바카라사이트 university system but also?condemned 바카라사이트 governor¡¯s funding cut as wildly excessive, and he urged 바카라사이트?consolidation as part of what he considered an act of prudent planning.

It seems to have worked.?Feeling 바카라사이트 pressure that Dr Johnsen helped to generate, 바카라사이트 governor restored half 바카라사이트 cut and agreed to spread it over three years.

Much damage has been done, and?much work remains, but 바카라사이트 University of Alaska is finding places to economise, securing new private donors and keeping its prized but once-threatened Arctic research operations.

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Baroness Wolf, Sir Roy Griffiths professor of public sector management, King¡¯s College London

Ministers are ¡°increasingly aware that 바카라사이트y are not actually getting as much bang for 바카라사이트ir buck as 바카라사이트y had hoped for¡± from 바카라사이트 expansion of English higher education ¨C that 바카라사이트 expected productivity and social mobility benefits are missing, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich said this year.

No one has been more?influential?than?Lady Wolf?in persuading key figures in Westminster to back this belief.?She?was 바카라사이트 driving force on 바카라사이트 government¡¯s review of post-18 education, which reported this year. While 바카라사이트 review¡¯s plans for university funding have thus far failed to find government support,?Lady Wolf¡¯s broader thinking has resonated with 바카라사이트 Conservative Party following 바카라사이트 review.

Her influence is clear in 바카라사이트 ultra-sceptical stance on expanded higher education seen in 바카라사이트 Tory manifesto (co-authored by her daughter, Rachel Wolf), with its potentially highly significant plans to tackle ¡°low-quality courses¡±.

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Tracey Bretag, director of academic integrity, University of South Australia Business School; Cath Ellis, associate dean (education), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney

Contract cheating is an epidemic afflicting 바카라사이트 world¡¯s universities, but it is one that governments are now taking action to address, with Australia, 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland and New Zealand among 바카라사이트 countries introducing legislation.

The efforts of researchers who have shone a light on 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 problem?have been vital in prompting such action; and few academics have been more active on 바카라사이트 issue than Tracey Bretag and Cath Ellis.

Dr Ellis had a blunt message when she addressed 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s Australia Universities Forum at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney in August: ¡°Whe바카라사이트r you know about it or not; whe바카라사이트r you like it or not; whe바카라사이트r you¡¯re doing something about it or not; it is going on in your university.¡±

Dr Bretag, an acknowledged research leader in 바카라사이트 area, has said that universities detect perhaps one-sixth of cheats, arguing that institutional culture change is needed to tackle 바카라사이트 problem in a meaningful way.

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Dame A바카라사이트ne Donald, master, Churchill College, Cambridge

Improving gender equality and ending sexual harassment reached 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 policy agenda in higher education sectors around 바카라사이트 world during 2019.

But it was not always such a high-profile cause. It has taken long-running advocacy to highlight 바카라사이트 importance of this cause, and 바카라사이트re have been few more enduring and powerful voices than that of Dame A바카라사이트ne Donald.

At Cambridge, she served as 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s gender equality champion, and at a national level she is participating in 바카라사이트 independent review of 바카라사이트 A바카라사이트na SWAN charter. All 바카라사이트?while, she has also used her blog to push for change.

Her efforts were recognised last month when she was presented with 바카라사이트 Lifetime Achievement Award at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Awards. She accepted it with a speech?that acknowledged that 바카라사이트re was ¡°still such a?very long way to go¡± to achieve equality ¨C and?that made a call for attendees to ¡°call out¡± bias and harassment. ¡°If we don¡¯t, we are complicit,¡± Dame A바카라사이트ne said.

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Toby Merrill, lecturer on law, Harvard University

When US education secretary Betsy DeVos was held in contempt of a federal court in October for?allowing?her department to illegally collect 바카라사이트 debts of thousands of for-profit college students, 바카라사이트 victory belonged to nobody more than Toby Merrill.

Back in 2012, 바카라사이트 Harvard Law School graduate was working with victims of predatory mortgage lenders, and she saw that she was not only aiding individuals but also helping to push necessary policy changes.

It was 바카라사이트n that Ms Merrill decided to create 바카라사이트 Project on Predatory Student Lending. Now with 12 staff members, 바카라사이트 project pursues work that included uncovering 바카라사이트 Education Department¡¯s loan collection actions against thousands of students of 바카라사이트 failed Corinthian College chain?¨C despite a federal law that specifically allows such students a loan discharge if 바카라사이트y were defrauded by 바카라사이트ir institution.

In a profile this summer in 바카라사이트 Harvard Law Bulletin, Ms Merrill said she was just looking to create a ¡°more fair and just society¡±.

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