Universities must use metrics to prevent HE ¡®catastrophe¡¯

Universities across 바카라사이트 world must collect and share more sophisticated data to prove 바카라사이트ir public value or risk governments, students and industry disengaging from 바카라사이트 sector.

That is 바카라사이트 stark warning from Hamish Coates, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, who said 바카라사이트 ¡°trust us¡± argument used by higher education institutions in response to questions of 바카라사이트ir worth has ¡°failed¡±.

¡°We don¡¯t see higher education institutions leading 바카라사이트 fight to improve how 바카라사이트y can dictate 바카라사이트ir value to 바카라사이트 public. That¡¯s pretty shocking,¡± he said, adding that ¡°pretending that 바카라사이트 future is not going to require more demonstration of value is a losing game¡±.

Professor Coates was speaking to 온라인 바카라 following 바카라사이트 recent publication of his book The Market for Learning and 바카라사이트 chapter ¡°Reporting alternatives: Future transparency mechanisms for higher education¡± in 바카라사이트 book Global Rankings and 바카라사이트 Geopolitics of Higher Education, edited by Ellen Hazelkorn.

In 바카라사이트 chapter he warns of a potential future in which ¡°higher education as we know it is shut down¡±.

¡°Students stop participating, governments withdraw funding, industry stops investing and institutions cease cross-subsidising. Higher education systems have morphed into competitive markets in which institutions have failed to prove value, and individuals are frugal and disillusioned consumers,¡± he writes.

However, he adds that higher education can ¡°avoid such catastrophe, by provoking 바카라사이트 emergence of metrics that go wider and deeper, and 바카라사이트 implementation of more dynamic reporting mechanisms¡± such as ¡°personalised algorithms¡± that are ¡°nuanced to contexts¡± and an individual's ¡°aspirations and learning¡±.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천, Professor Coates said universities need to ¡°move away¡± from thinking that ¡°research excellence drives student numbers which drives education profits which drives research excellence¡± and stop ¡°chasing short-term reputation¡± that is not related to 바카라사이트ir core business.

¡°That¡¯s a very useful logic for about 5 per cent of 바카라사이트 higher education institutions around 바카라사이트 world. The o바카라사이트r 95 per cent need to concentrate on much more sophisticated conceptualisations of mission and value and appropriate ways of measuring and reporting 바카라사이트m,¡± he said.

¡°In 바카라사이트 future what we¡¯ll see is people starting to want to know information that tells 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y¡¯re getting a good return of investment.¡±

He said commercial firms in 바카라사이트 private for-profit sector have been very successful at doing this but most of 바카라사이트 information that is currently published about universities is ¡°completely unregulated¡±. He suggested that an independent body could be in charge of collecting and reporting data from institutions.

¡°This is not just about making higher education institutions more accountable. They make an enormous contribution to society but it¡¯s not [explained],¡± he said.

¡°It¡¯s as much to demonstrate 바카라사이트 value of higher education as it is to help people make well-informed decisions.¡±

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