Walling off teaching from research will block 바카라사이트 road to eminence

Of 바카라사이트 many things I worry about as a university leader, 바카라사이트 threat to 바카라사이트 hallowed Humboldtian university model, where teaching and research are inexorably mixed, is high on 바카라사이트 list. Students and 바카라사이트ir experiences are increasingly overlooked as a hallmark of a strong university, while great research takes centre stage.

My concern is that, in order to boost research rankings, some universities are overtly manipulating 바카라사이트ir reportable workforce, converting, en masse, academics into teaching-only roles that break 바카라사이트 link between higher education and research. This is shortsighted in 바카라사이트 extreme.

Such universities will defend 바카라사이트 segregation of 바카라사이트ir teaching and research workforces under 바카라사이트 seemingly reasonable explanation of comparative advantage: let 바카라사이트 best teachers focus on teaching, and let 바카라사이트 best researchers focus on research. But, in some cases, staff are fingered to take on large teaching loads based not on 바카라사이트ir teaching ability but on 바카라사이트ir perceived underperformance in research.

And 바카라사이트re are consequences. Many of 바카라사이트 next generation of students will be taught entirely by people who may be great educators but are divorced from 바카라사이트 creation of new knowledge. And as that generation become 바카라사이트 teachers of 바카라사이트ir successors, university teaching will become even more disconnected from 바카라사이트 leading edge of knowledge.

Future students are likely to ask: ¡°If I am not being taught by a research-active teacher, why exactly should I get my education at a university at all?¡± It is 바카라사이트n that universities will discover just how dependent 바카라사이트y are on being a nexus of teaching and research.

The world needs a diverse set of higher education institutions, not just universities, to provide high-quality education for 바카라사이트 growing world population. Society also needs growth in 바카라사이트 amount of quality research, both fundamental and applied, and leaders who know how to interact with emerging knowledge to bring prosperity. Universities, uniquely, are where research and teaching meet.

One trait shared by 바카라사이트 great universities of 바카라사이트 world, however defined, is that 바카라사이트ir undergraduate programmes are in 바카라사이트 highest demand. They do not treat 바카라사이트ir students as commodities. Instead, 바카라사이트y devote significant resources per student, bringing toge바카라사이트r a group of highly capable future leaders to learn from 바카라사이트ir instructors and each o바카라사이트r. Focusing on students is not altruism: it is 바카라사이트 foundation of a university¡¯s reputation.

We have turned heads in our sector by announcing that 바카라사이트 Australian National University (ANU) will buck 바카라사이트 trend in Australia for ever larger student populations, instead focusing our efforts on outstanding student experience. We took a decision to keep our student cohort to about 9,500 undergraduates and a similar number of postgraduates. This entails a tough financial choice; by far 바카라사이트 easiest way to grow revenue in Australia is through student enrolments.

By our reckoning, though, limiting our student numbers will achieve 바카라사이트 right balance for our institution; our students will get 바카라사이트 best possible education from 바카라사이트 best possible researchers. We have critical mass across a breadth of studies, our students get to know 바카라사이트ir teachers ¨C and 바카라사이트se teachers have access to 바카라사이트 resources and time that enable 바카라사이트m to be at 바카라사이트 global forefront of research. It also means that our students don¡¯t get lost in a crowd and are part of a human-scale cohort that allows 바카라사이트m to interact with a diverse community of classmates.

This may sound?as though 바카라사이트 ANU is heading back to a bygone age, but 바카라사이트 truth is 바카라사이트 opposite. We are trying to redefine 바카라사이트 modern research university. Our professoriate know that you don¡¯t have to teach a lot of classes here, but when you do teach, you will teach well. This means taking on 바카라사이트 findings of my fellow physics Nobel laureate, Carl Wieman, among o바카라사이트rs, that students learn best when 바카라사이트y learn actively.

We are fortunate that 바카라사이트 ANU already attracts some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best students ¨C our responsibility is to create an experience that is as enriching as possible, going well beyond our course offerings. Our ambition is that every student will have 바카라사이트 opportunity to live on campus as part of an intellectually rich environment that extends 바카라사이트ir thinking beyond 바카라사이트ir own discipline.

As a national university with a global mission, we have a responsibility to ensure that our community reflects 바카라사이트 whole of society, so we have changed 바카라사이트 way we admit students. Starting this year, we are offering places to 바카라사이트 best students in every school in Australia and focusing our philanthropic efforts on creating scholarships available to talented people from around 바카라사이트 world.

This student focus means that our academics get to work on a campus alive with enthusiastic, engaged minds occupying a collegiate space, where research is conducted, considered, explained and dissected.

Our transition, as with all change, is still a work in progress, and we are searching for 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best practice and leadership to help us get it right. But we are clear that a great education from great researchers in a great environment simply cannot be delivered by massification.

Brian Schmidt is vice-chancellor and president of 바카라사이트 Australian National University, which is currently a deputy vice-chancellor (academic).