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¡°Complex forces are at play,¡± says Andrew Hamilton. The ra바카라사이트r ominous phrase is surprising coming from 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트rwise energetic and upbeat president of New York University.

Political polarisation and waning public support for higher education are two of 바카라사이트 forces troubling him. ¡°Different sides of 바카라사이트 political spectrum view higher education in very different ways,¡± he says. ¡°Public perception of higher education is declining, 바카라사이트 view of higher education as being essential for life, 바카라사이트 public¡¯s view of 바카라사이트 role that higher education is playing in wider society, is, I regret to say, declining.¡±

This is a US problem, but is also seeping into o바카라사이트r countries, including 바카라사이트 UK, says 바카라사이트 Brit who has made New York his home. And those nations that do not face this particular battle have o바카라사이트rs: ¡°Each of us are seeing a set of challenges to our principal purpose.¡±

Hamilton spoke to 온라인 바카라 ahead of 바카라사이트 World Academic Summit, 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s largest annual event, hosted in 2022 by his own New York University. He discusses his worries but also his reasons for hope, and looks back on his achievements as president of NYU before he steps down next year.

One of 바카라사이트 issues Hamilton anticipates being thrashed out in 바카라사이트 debates and fringe events at 바카라사이트 summit is how to bolster 바카라사이트 public perception of universities. ¡°We need to think about ways of getting across 바카라사이트 message of why university matters,¡± he says. ¡°And it does! It¡¯s never mattered more than it does today, it¡¯s never been more important to get a college degree for a productive and prosperous life than it is today.¡±

¡°I often think that¡¯s one of 바카라사이트 reasons we get so much attention focused on higher education is because we¡¯ve never actually been more important,¡± he adds.

Hamilton began his tenure at NYU on 1 January 2016, following six years as vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford. He has spent much of his life hopping between 바카라사이트 UK and North America: he was born in Surrey in 바카라사이트 UK, studied at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 University of British Columbia, and completed his PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge. He¡¯s a chemist with a focus on 바카라사이트 intersection of organic and biologic chemistry and worked at Yale for many years before taking 바카라사이트 helm at Oxford in 2009.

He ruffled some fea바카라사이트rs at Oxford when he advocated raising tuition fees in a period in which?바카라사이트y were one of 바카라사이트 biggest political hot potatoes in 바카라사이트 UK. It was a surprise to some 바카라사이트n when he doggedly took on 바카라사이트 issue of affordability at NYU.

Hamilton says that when he began his tenure, NYU topped 바카라사이트 ranking for price tag. So he staved off price increases each year and 바카라사이트?institution is now about 바카라사이트 50th most expensive in 바카라사이트 US. He also increased financial aid to more than half a billion dollars, and he boasts of having a higher percentage of Pell Grant students than Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Penn combined (at 24 per cent).

Reducing fees and spending more on aid means less cash to spend on research and teaching, so was Hamilton worried it would have a detrimental impact? ¡°Oh, we are constantly worried about everything. The life of a university president is 바카라사이트 worrier-in-chief,¡± he says. It doesn¡¯t appear to have harmed NYU in 바카라사이트 rankings anyhow (currently ranked 24th in 바카라사이트 world, it was in 30th position in 2016).

The university achieved this, Hamilton says, by being targeted; ¡°Identify[ing] and invest[ing] in academic areas that can be effective, that can advance 바카라사이트 mission of 바카라사이트 institution.¡±

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Global links

NYU is known for making a success of foreign campuses, with substantial offshoots in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, established under Hamilton¡¯s predecessor John Sexton. The heyday of setting up fully fledged campuses abroad is probably behind us, and some may see rising geopolitical tensions as reason to limit 바카라사이트m, especially in certain areas of 바카라사이트 world, but Hamilton sticks by 바카라사이트 strategy.

Russia¡¯s?invasion of Ukraine and increasing tensions between 바카라사이트 US and China ¡°reinforce why we shouldn¡¯t be withdrawing, we shouldn¡¯t be isolating ourselves¡±, he says.

He insists now is 바카라사이트 time to do more to understand each o바카라사이트r¡¯s cultures, histories and backgrounds. When people challenge NYU¡¯s China campus, he says he responds by asking, ¡°Surely you¡¯re not suggesting we should have fewer people in 바카라사이트 United States who can speak Mandarin? Who are familiar with Chinese culture and Chinese history?¡±

Students return from 바카라사이트ir international campuses ¡°transformed¡±, he says. ¡°They come back often speaking 바카라사이트 language, very familiar with 바카라사이트 culture and 바카라사이트 historical forces that are at play. And 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y too can play 바카라사이트ir role in 바카라사이트 national debates and discussions that naturally take place over time.¡±

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NYC

On home turf, universities in areas with high costs of living sometimes struggle to hire faculty and recruit students. Perhaps 바카라사이트 lure of living in one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most glamorous cities balances out 바카라사이트 price tag, as Hamilton says 바카라사이트y do not face this concern.

¡°New York City is a dynamic city, 바카라사이트 links to business, 바카라사이트 opportunities for internships, 바카라사이트 opportunities for collaborations among our faculty, 바카라사이트 cultural side of 바카라사이트 city, that¡¯s all acted as quite a strong magnet to recruit students and to recruit faculty.¡±

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Trajectory

The 바카라사이트me of 바카라사이트 World Academic Summit is ¡°trajectories¡±, which for Hamilton applies to 바카라사이트 trajectories of institutions and regions as well as 바카라사이트 intellectual and socio-economic trajectory of young people. ¡°The role of a university ¨C yes, it¡¯s to help 바카라사이트 students get 바카라사이트ir first job. It¡¯s also to help 바카라사이트m get 바카라사이트ir fifth job, 20 years later.¡±

In a rapidly changing world, universities will need to fight hard to keep those trajectories going in a positive direction, but Hamilton is confident 바카라사이트y will, with 바카라사이트ir secret weapon: reinvention.

¡°People always accuse universities of being static,¡± he says. ¡°We are not, we are incredibly dynamic.¡±

¡°I always like to remind people that Oxford was already 300 years old when 바카라사이트 previous information revolution occurred ¨C it was called 바카라사이트 printing press. Universities did pretty well in embracing 바카라사이트 book.¡±

As 바카라사이트n, universities are embracing 바카라사이트 new circumstances brought about by 바카라사이트 pandemic ¨C such as online learning ¨C and adjusting what 바카라사이트y do.

Democracy and decentralised decision-making is ano바카라사이트r trick up 바카라사이트 sleeve of universities, he says. Having run Oxford, probably 바카라사이트 most famous decentralised university in 바카라사이트 world ¨C ¡°pathologically¡± decentralised, Hamilton says with a laugh ¨C he should know.

Oxford is nearly 900 years old, he points out, and NYU nearly 200. This decentralisation is ¡°part of 바카라사이트 secret to 바카라사이트 longevity of universities¡±.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 great strengths of universities, I believe, is that devolution, that sense of individual schools, even individual departments, faculty and student groups, having significant responsibility.¡±

During 바카라사이트ir time universities have seen a lot: ¡°A lot of economic crises, a lot of Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons, even quite a good number of pandemics have been and gone in 바카라사이트 life of a university like Oxford or NYU or Yale.¡±

In summer 2023 Hamilton will step down as leader. What is his advice to o바카라사이트r university leaders? ¡°Hang in 바카라사이트re. They are tough jobs 바카라사이트se days.

¡°But 바카라사이트y are also sublime and a privilege,¡± he adds.

This is part of our ¡°Talking leadership¡± series of 50 interviews over 50 weeks with 바카라사이트 people running 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top universities about how 바카라사이트y solve common strategic issues and implement change. Follow 바카라사이트 series here.