Catégorie: Gouvernance
A Better Factory Model
By Clive Belfield and Davis Jenkins . Economists
are often criticized for treating colleges as if they were factories:
using models that evaluate college efficiency in creating outputs
(student completions) for a given input (cost).
In fact, in many ways a college education...
Goodbye vice-chancellor, hello chief executive
By Claire Shaw . Do changes to university job titles matter and what do they say about the role of our institutions and their leaders? We've been talking titles on the Higher Education Network lately, following the news that both Regent's College and the College of Law...
Decision-making in universities should be predictable and clear
Efficient and inclusive decision-making will help universities to gain the support of their communities, says Ferdinand von Prondzynski . A few years ago I was asked to advise a university on its decision-making processes. This is always an interesting challenge because
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Think Like an Administrator
By Monica F. Jacobe . When I moved into my first faculty position after earning my Ph.D., I had been an academic administrator for several years — and had been an administrator some years before, too. Moving into the “faculty mindset” wasn’t...
Enrollment Management Must Build for the Future, Experts Say
By Beckie Supiano . Enrollment management has become more challenging and more important
in the wake of the recession and as colleges stand on the precipice of
sweeping demographic change. That’s what Don Hossler and David H.
Kalsbeek argue in an update to an essay...
Les directeurs d’UFR veulent plus de poids dans la gestion des universités
Par Isabelle Rey-Lefebvre . La démarche n’est pas banale: cinq présidents des conférences des
doyens (c'est-à-dire des directeurs) d’UFR - unité de formation et de
recherche, appelées avant 1968 les facultés...
Le leadership a-t-il un sexe
Par Romain Giry . Peut-on être femme et leader? Telle est la
question posée par Isabelle Deprez, professeur en développement des
talents à l’ESCP Europe, lors d’une conférence ayant pour thème: « Le
...
Shared Governance and Enrollment Management
By John M. Baworowsky . Working with faculty members can lead to better decisions in enrollment management, John M. Baworowsky writes in a guest post today. Such a partnership can be valuable in designing new programs, marketing the institution, and more, says Mr. Baworowsky, vice president...
Administration – much maligned but very necessary
By Martin Kirk. There is a “right” amount of administration in every organization that provides the appropriate level of support for the core mission of the business. This maxim is true of the administration of research.
At a university, the right level ensures that we comply...
A better way for selecting effective university leaders
By Patrick J. Monahan. York University modernized its system for choosing academic administrators based on research about what works. Given the increasing competitive pressures and financial challenges facing universities across North America, most academic administrators recognize that...
Education: le cri d'alarme des recteurs
Par NavisRector . Alors que Vincent Peillon doit faire face aux
protestations de nombreux enseignants, une quinzaine de hauts
fonctionnaires de l'enseignement supérieur et de l'éducation nationale
lancent un cri d'alarme. En exclusivité pour L'Express, ce...
Leadership in higher education: 14 pieces of food for thought
By Claire Shaw . Are you an academic with aspirations to lead? Our recent live chat panel shared a wealth of experience and practical advice.
Know the difference between effective leadership and good management.
Management is about working within the boundaries...
Indian universities crying for better leadership, say 90% academics
The Times of India . By Manash Pratim Gohain. A global survey of the academic community on the leadership challenges faced by the Indian higher education system has revealed that the sector is facing shortage of capable leaders with 92% of the respondents
saying that this trend is expected...
EFMD Annual Conference 2013
EFMD Annual Conference 2013, Brussels, Belgium (9-11 June 2013)
The Management Development Network (EFMD) is holding its Annual
Conference in Brussels from 9 to 11 June under the theme “Does
management education create impact?”.
The conference aims at all those...
Cafouillages dans la gouvernance!
Blog Educpros de Pierre Dubois. Réforme des conseils de l’université: quid de leurs compétences délibératives et/ou consultatives? On note des différences entre les propositions du rapport Le Deaut (pages 18 à 27) et celles...
Warwick International Programme in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education
Warwick International Programme in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education, Warwick, UK (7-20 April 2013)
The University of Warwick is holding its ‘International
Programme in the Leadership and Management of Higher Education’ from 7
to 20 April. The Warwick IPLM is...
Mettre le Centre d’analyse stratégique au service du Parlement
Par Samuel-Frédéric Servière . Dans le cadre de la mise en place de la modernisation de l’action publique, le gouvernement entend retourner assez anachroniquement à l’ancien commissariat général au plan .
Cette approche peut...
EDUIMHE - the OECD Higher Education Programme
IMHE current and past activities
The Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO)
The OECD is carrying out a feasibility study for the assessment of
higher education learning outcomes. The purpose of this feasibility
study is to see if it is practically and...
UOC’s Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento (RUSC) publishes new dossier on university management
The dossier is coordinated by Dr. Francisco Rubio, from University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
The Revista de Universidad y Sociedad del Conocimiento – RUSC ( Universities and Knowledge Society Journal ), issued by the Universitat Oberta de...
Les entreprises pourraient participer à l'élection des présidents d'université
Par Marie-Christine Corbier . Le gouvernement veut revoir l'architecture des universités, qu'il juge inadaptée.
Il faut réformer la loi sur les universités qui a « d'énormes défauts », affirmait
la ministre de...

