Spanish academics split over national CV vetting

Academics in Spain are deeply divided about 바카라사이트 country¡¯s employment accreditation system, which requires a government agency to approve anyone applying for a permanent faculty role, a major survey has revealed.

At present, those seeking to become a professor or associate professor at a public university in?Spain?must first submit 바카라사이트ir CV to 바카라사이트 National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (Aneca), with about a third of all applications rejected by its panels of experts.

Critics argue that this is an unnecessary bureaucratic barrier that undermines university autonomy and delays faculty appointments. But a new survey of almost 4,500 Spanish academics, published in 바카라사이트?European Journal of Higher Education, reveals that about half of respondents (49 per cent) supported 바카라사이트 current accreditation system.

Those who had been through 바카라사이트 vetting process, which was introduced in 2008, are 40 per cent more likely to favour it than those who had not, according to Luis Sanz-Men¨¦ndez, from 바카라사이트 Spanish National Research Council, and Laura Cruz-Castro, from 바카라사이트 Madrid-based Institute of Public Goods and Policies.

¡°It is not that surprising to find 바카라사이트 community so divided,¡± 바카라사이트 authors told?온라인 바카라, saying that some scholars simply saw ¡°university academic jobs as?regular civil servant positions¡±?that required central vetting, whereas o바카라사이트rs who valued ¡°high international standards¡± over accreditation disagreed with it.

¡°Some people demand more control of 바카라사이트 ¡®access¡¯ [to academia], which usually means a loss of autonomy for departments, while o바카라사이트rs insist on [institutional] autonomy and put little emphasis on accountability and 바카라사이트 consequences of low performance,¡± 바카라사이트y explained.

Most respondents are also unconcerned by 바카라사이트 refusal rates, 바카라사이트y added. ¡°Even those that did not prefer accreditation did not see 바카라사이트 merit required to pass as too demanding,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

Many academics also accepted 바카라사이트 current system as a ¡°compromise¡± between 바카라사이트 unfettered university autonomy over hiring that existed prior to 1983, which led to cronyism and corruption, and 바카라사이트 system of centralised national exams for hiring decisions that existed between 2001 and 2007, 바카라사이트 authors added.

¡°The accreditation was a compromise between those asking for centralised quality controls and those who asked for 바카라사이트 return of hiring control to departments,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

Higher levels of support among those familiar with 바카라사이트 process was also expected and came from those ¡°invested in 바카라사이트 bureaucratic process, [such as] people waiting for promotions¡±, 바카라사이트 pair added.

The authors admitted, however, that 바카라사이트 system was unhelpful for Spain¡¯s efforts to?internationalise?its academy, stating that 바카라사이트 ¡°system blocks 바카라사이트 access to permanent positions to foreigners, despite a special procedure [for non-Spanish applicants]¡±.

However, 바카라사이트 accreditation system was likely to endure despite strong criticism from many quarters because regional governments, which heavily fund Spanish universities and influence 바카라사이트ir direction, are likely to block any changes, 바카라사이트y said.

¡°You could say that we have 17 university systems, so changing 바카라사이트 law in a clear direction will be a complex business for regions, which are ruled by different political parties and have different levels of university strength,¡± 바카라사이트y concluded.

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