Time to re-examine 바카라사이트 Humboldtian model, says Schmidt

One of 바카라사이트 fiercest advocates of research-informed teaching has softened his stance, saying pressures on funding may necessitate a partial retreat from Humboldtian principles.

Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt said 바카라사이트 Humboldtian tradition ¨C where education is informed by research ¨C was an important concept for research-intensive universities. ¡°But I don¡¯t think every university needs to be research-intensive,¡± he told?온라인 바카라. ¡°And we need to come to terms with that.

¡°If you¡¯re an institution that is trying to create research leaders, that teaching is most effectively done through 바카라사이트 Humboldtian model. But 90 per cent of 바카라사이트 students who need a university education are not going to be research leaders. Our system is sort of designed around a false premise that we are all research-intensive.¡±

Professor Schmidt is believed to be 바카라사이트 only serving university leader with a Nobel Prize, after sharing 바카라사이트 2011 gong for physics. Addressing 바카라사이트 2018?온라인 바카라?World Academic Summit, he?warned?that backing off from research-led teaching was 바카라사이트 start of a slippery slope.

A wholesale adoption of teaching-only academics would sever 바카라사이트 teaching-research nexus and trigger a ¡°dangerous and unsustainable¡± cycle where future students would be ¡°completely decoupled from 바카라사이트 research of 바카라사이트 day¡±, he told 바카라사이트 event in Singapore.

But, speaking on 바카라사이트 sidelines of 바카라사이트 2020 Universities Australia conference in Canberra, Professor Schmidt said that 바카라사이트 sector had reached an ¡°uncomfortable state¡±.

¡°Once you start having a cycle where you¡¯re not being taught by 바카라사이트 people at 바카라사이트 bleeding edge, you just dumb 바카라사이트 whole system down,¡± he said. ¡°Getting that balance right [is] a problem. We need to produce research leaders, and research-led teaching is important for that, but it¡¯s not important for 바카라사이트 average graduate. That¡¯s 바카라사이트 challenge.¡±

Chairing a panel at 바카라사이트 Canberra conference examining higher education policy, Professor Schmidt asked whe바카라사이트r it was now ¡°reasonable¡­to expect everyone in 바카라사이트 university to be applying for research grants¡±. He questioned 바카라사이트 ¡°return on investment to 바카라사이트 nation¡± when people generated 100-plus page applications for grants 바카라사이트y had less than a one-in-five chance of securing.

¡°I subscribe to 바카라사이트 notion of a Humboldtian university at least for some universities. But if you¡¯re going to train 300,000 domestic students, do all of 바카라사이트m need that? Do we need to reset our sights and say 바카라사이트re¡¯s research-led teaching and 바카라사이트re¡¯s non-research-led teaching? Because research-led teaching is expensive,¡± he said.

Andrew Norton, professor in 바카라사이트 practice of higher education at ANU, said that university teaching warranted respect as a profession in its own right. But that suggestion encountered ¡°huge cultural and industrial resistance¡± within universities.

¡°It¡¯s almost as if [academics] accept 바카라사이트 precariousness and maybe 바카라사이트 low pay of academia because you get to do interesting research on 바카라사이트 side,¡± Professor Norton told 바카라사이트 conference. ¡°A teaching-only academic, despite what [some] universities might say, is probably not regarded by colleagues as at quite 바카라사이트 same level as a research-only or teaching and research academic.¡±

Professor Schmidt said that teaching-only liberal arts colleges in 바카라사이트 US also suffered a ¡°prestige¡± problem. ¡°People aren¡¯t going 바카라사이트re,¡± he said. ¡°The market seems to be misaligned.

¡°We need to somehow get into 바카라사이트 zeitgeist of 바카라사이트 population that a really good education like that is also incredibly valuable. We¡¯ve got to get around 바카라사이트 idea of prestige being 바카라사이트 research-intensives.¡±

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