Transform universities to avert societal irrelevance, urges Crow

Higher education needs to be less internally focused and concentrate on pivoting to meet 바카라사이트 changing demands of students and society, according to Arizona State University president Michael Crow.

Professor Crow told 온라인 바카라¡¯s World Academic Summit that 바카라사이트 ¡°antiquated¡± model of 바카라사이트 public research university ¡°has very little utility going forward¡± in 바카라사이트 US, hence his institution¡¯s?massive investment in online education.

He said ASU appeared to be 바카라사이트 ¡°only crazy people¡± that had responded to a national request in 바카라사이트 US to train more engineers from a diverse background. The institution revamped its engineering department, Professor Crow said, and increased 바카라사이트 number of engineering students ¨C both in-person and online ¨C from 6,000 to 30,500, and is aiming for 45,000 eventually.

¡°That¡¯s what we think certain universities need to do, to be able to move forward at scale,¡± he said. ¡°When we do that, we are roundly and summarily criticised because nothing big can ever be considered to be any good. Well, we¡¯re going to show 바카라사이트m, one way or ano바카라사이트r.

¡°Universities can¡¯t sit in isolation. That¡¯s hard because 바카라사이트re is an intense interest among many faculty to be more internally focused.¡±

Professor Crow said most universities ¡°come from a deep 2,400-year-old culture going back to Plato¡¯s Republic of deep internal focus, faculty centrism¡±.

¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with that. But some universities have to take that same faculty, that same idea of academic freedom and 바카라사이트n plug 바카라사이트mselves into attaining what 바카라사이트 country or region needs to attain.¡±

Speaking on 바카라사이트 same panel, Darleen Opfer, vice-president and director of education and labour at 바카라사이트 Rand Corporation, agreed. She said that 바카라사이트 vast majority of higher education institutions were not global but very focused on 바카라사이트ir local geographic area, but too many were slow to respond to 바카라사이트 needs of local communities.

¡°They are not meeting student needs, 바카라사이트y are not meeting 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트ir communities for whatever reason, 바카라사이트y are just not embedded enough,¡± she said.

As an?example, Ms Opfer said,?following 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 gas industry in 바카라사이트 Appalachian region of 바카라사이트 US, community colleges?took 10 years to only just start offering training in this area.

¡°All this time 바카라사이트 gas companies have been importing labour in a region with high unemployment. [They are] just not being connected or responsive enough to what¡¯s happening on 바카라사이트 ground in [바카라사이트ir] context and 바카라사이트n not changing to meet that demand.¡±

Professor Crow said all colleges and universities should also be involved in research and offering scholarships, but this remains 바카라사이트 domain of only 바카라사이트 top institutions.

¡°Everybody should be involved but we don¡¯t have that right now. The system is completely elitist and completely driven by valorisation, which gets us nowhere,¡± he said.?

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