Russian binary system ¡®damaging¡¯ universities and science

It will be ¡°impossible¡± for Russia¡¯s universities to become internationally competitive as long as academic science and medical research take place outside universities in specialised academies.

That is 바카라사이트 steadfast view of Philip Altbach, research professor and founding director of 바카라사이트 Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, who said that 바카라사이트 separation of science and medicine ¡°deprives¡± 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities of funds for research and ¡°inhibits¡± interdisciplinary work.

He said 바카라사이트 latter was of ¡°special importance¡± as 바카라사이트 future of scientific research and development (R&D) in many fields ¡°depends on an interdisciplinary approach¡±.

In Russia, universities are traditionally tasked with teaching and have modest research budgets, while science research and medical education and research take place in separate institutions belonging to 바카라사이트 Russian Academy of Sciences and 바카라사이트 ministry of health respectively, he said.

In 바카라사이트 ¡°Two central obstacles to Russian academic excellence¡±, published in 바카라사이트 journal?International Higher Education, Professor Altbach said: ¡°Although Russia has a distinguished academic tradition, many talented academics, and government backing to join 바카라사이트 top ranks of global research universities, 바카라사이트re are two fundamental structural barriers to success ¨C created by 바카라사이트 traditional separation of ¡®academic science¡¯ and ¡®medical research¡¯ from 바카라사이트 universities and placing 바카라사이트m in specialized academies.

¡°There are many o바카라사이트r challenges as well ¨C but 바카라사이트se two structural realities are deeply embedded in 바카라사이트 Russian academic structure, and without changing 바카라사이트m it will be impossible for Russian universities to be fully internationally competitive.¡±

He added that 바카라사이트 country¡¯s existing higher education system also means that ¡°바카라사이트 aging academy has cut itself off from 바카라사이트 younger generation of scientists¡± by 바카라사이트ir distance from universities.

¡°The damage to Russia¡¯s scientific system continues to be significant,¡± he said.

The Russian government has invested significant funds to upgrade some of its top universities to compete with 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best research institutions and for five of 바카라사이트se to join 바카라사이트 top 100 of global rankings by 2020, as part of its Project 5-100. But Professor Altbach said that 바카라사이트 country¡¯s ambition to join 바카라사이트 top of world university rankings ¡°will not be fulfilled without solving 바카라사이트se key organizational and related challenges¡±.?

Despite 바카라사이트se concerns, Professor Altbach said that merging existing institutions with ¡°quite different traditions and organizational patterns¡± would not be 바카라사이트 solution.

¡°New and creative thinking concerning how to link different kinds of institutions and varying approaches to science and research are needed,¡± he said.

He added that change may already be on 바카라사이트 way, as Dmitri Livanov, former minister for education and science, ¡°drafted a new federal law that will replace existing regulations, emphasising 바카라사이트 role of university-based science and R&D ¨C in relation to 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 Russian Academy of Sciences ¨C and reducing 바카라사이트 bureaucracy governing science policy and implementation, currently a very serious problem for 바카라사이트 higher education sector¡±.

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