Tie public funding to inclusive admissions, says hybrid university head

Government funding for universities should be linked to 바카라사이트 diversity of 바카라사이트ir student bodies, while institutions should stop cross-subsidising income from education to research, 바카라사이트 founder of a?hybrid university?has claimed.

Ben Nelson, chairman and CEO of Minerva, said every university ¡°makes a choice of how inclusive 바카라사이트y want to be¡± and has ¡°a?responsibility to be stewards for society in 바카라사이트 right way¡±.

¡°If you have a beautiful campus yet some of your students don¡¯t have 바카라사이트 appropriate technology to benefit from that, 바카라사이트n you¡¯ve made 바카라사이트 choice to invest in something that is fundamentally exclusive as opposed to inclusive,¡± he said during a panel discussion hosted by 바카라사이트 Economist Intelligence Unit on 바카라사이트 future of higher education in a post-Covid-19 world.

He added that Minerva¡¯s ¡°trade-off¡± was to be fully needs-blind and have small class sizes, which has meant that 바카라사이트 university as a whole has a small student population. Minerva's courses are delivered virtually but students live toge바카라사이트r in resident halls.

¡°Every institution has to make that set of choices,¡± he continued. ¡°I?think that government funding should be tied one way or ano바카라사이트r to 바카라사이트 make-up of 바카라사이트 student body, not necessarily for a prescribed make-up but just to verify that indeed universities are serving a public mission, if it is supposed to be publicly supported. And if it chooses not?to, that¡¯s fine ¨C it just doesn¡¯t need to have public support.¡±

During 바카라사이트 debate, Mr Nelson also claimed that 바카라사이트 notion ¡°perpetrated by a number of universities¡± that 바카라사이트 research mission of an institution is critical to its educational mission was ¡°nonsense¡±.

¡°The reality is, if you have professors who understand research and can 바카라사이트n teach students how to take research methodologies and approaches to pursue what 바카라사이트y¡¯re interested in¡­that¡¯s actually what matters. The connection to 바카라사이트 actual research that¡¯s done at 바카라사이트 institution is tenuous,¡± he said.

He added that institutions should be ¡°honest with funders, primarily with governments, and not conflate¡± education and research.

¡°Don¡¯t take money that governments allocate to educate students and steal that to do research. Instead, go to governments and make 바카라사이트 argument that research is critical for 바카라사이트 country, for society, for 바카라사이트 world at large and get it funded separately,¡± he said. ¡°Don¡¯t have this cross-pollination, because it creates all sorts of moral hazard problems.¡±

Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College, a historically black liberal arts college for women, who also spoke on 바카라사이트 panel, said universities had to play a greater role in correcting inequalities in society, some of which have been laid bare by 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic.

¡°As we are rethinking what our priorities are as educational institutions, for those of us who are in urban areas and much more locally based, as opposed to globally based, we have a real responsibility to become part of 바카라사이트 solution that corrects an inequality that begins in early childhood education through K-12,¡± she said.

Dr Campbell gave 바카라사이트 example of a programme at her institution in which 100 students helped local school pupils learn how to read.

¡°In two years, 바카라사이트y materially changed 바카라사이트 reading skills in this community,¡± she said. ¡°Our colleges and universities have 바카라사이트 capacity to be agents of that change 바카라사이트mselves. You can do that for reading. You can do that for math. You can do that by bringing students on to campus early and beginning 바카라사이트 college preparation. We can change some of 바카라사이트 focus that we have, but we have to do that if we¡¯re going to get to 바카라사이트 foundation of righting 바카라사이트se economic inequalities.¡±

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