autonomy from the State vs. autonomy from the market

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autonomy from the State vs. autonomy from the
market

• Jamil Salmi
• IAU and IAUP Conference
• Chang Mai, 8-9 December 2006

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outline of the presentation

• responding to the market?
• implications for institutional management

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responding to the market

• competing for students
• meeting labor market needs
• conducting relevant research
• income generation

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competing for students

• traditional (secondary school graduates)
• lifelong learners

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university of the future?

continuing education
postgraduate studies
first degree
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competing for students

• traditional (secondary school graduates)
• lifelong learners
• foreign students

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meeting labor market needs

• relevant curriculum
• adapted modes of delivery and organization

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• social and economic progress is achieved
  principally through the advancement and
  application of knowledge
• World Development Report 1998/99

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relevant research

• frontier research
• local innovation needs
• not only saleable goods and services

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income generation

• to supplement / complement shrinking government
  budget
• to be more autonomous
• entrepreneurial culture
• to implement strategic plan

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categories of revenues

• tuition fees
• productive activities
• fund raising
• loans

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outline of the presentation

• responding to the market?
• implications for institutional management

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what it takes to respond to the market

• vision
• feedback mechanisms
• flexibility
• institutional capacity
• ethical dimensions

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vision

• Oulu University

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evolution of Nokia sales
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vision

• Oulu University
• Clemson University
• University of Monterrey

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feedback mechanisms

• Catholic University of Peru
• Colombia

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feedback mechanisms

• self-assessment and external evaluation
• employers and alumni surveys
• rankings

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flexibility

• strategic planning to provide direction for
  change
• close linkages with the economic environment for
  adequate feedback
• ability to react and adapt rapidly

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institutional capacity

• strategic management
• listening to the market
• program design
• quality assurance
• financial management

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financial management requirements

• clear and transparent income distribution rules
  (and related human resources incentives)
• fund raising professionals
• investment specialists
• cash-flow management
• contingent planning

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ethical dimensions

• admission requirements
• false institutional affiliation
• conflict of interest in research
• rules for fund raising

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conclusion

• ?

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Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

• Alice
• Would you please tell me which way I ought to go
  from here?
• Cheshire Cat
• That depends on where you want to get to.

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• is it autonomy from the State vs. autonomy from
  the market?
• or
• autonomy from the State to enable responsiveness
  to the market

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competing in the learning society...
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competing in the learning society...
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competing in the learning society...
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competing in the learning society...
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what is your vision?