higher education excellence: impact on the industrial sector 22-nov-2006
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Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial
Sector
Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial
Sector22-Nov-200622-Nov-2006
ContentContent
Introduction Characteristics of Excellence Measure of Excellence Quality Assurance Pursuing Excellence Case study – KFUPM Creativity Interaction with the Industry Concluding Remarks
SOCIETYSOCIETY
INDUSTRYINDUSTRYACADEMIAACADEMIA
“The Global Vehicle”“The Global Vehicle”
IntroductionIntroduction Higher education creates a demanding but
rewarding environment in which individuals can realize their creative and intellectual potential.
Higher education equips people with the necessary knowledge, skills and values to play a wide range of social roles and to become effective citizens.
Through research and the production of knowledge, higher education provides a society with the capacity to innovate, adapt and advance.
IntroductionIntroduction
There is a high correlation, globally, between excellent higher education and overall national achievements in development, growth, competitiveness and welfare.
There is a lot written about the issue of quality and excellence in Higher Education.
The words excellence and quality in Higher Education convey the same meaning and the varying definitions reveal the different ways in which these two concepts can be seen.
There are four conventional views of excellence in collegiate quality. These are :
Views of ExcellenceViews of Excellence
Excellenceas
Excellenceas
Resources
Content Outcome
Reputation
IntroductionIntroduction There are a number of definitions for Excellence in H.E. One definition views the most excellence institutions as those
who have the greatest impact or add the most value on: The students’ knowledge and personal development The faculty members scholarly and pedagogical ability and
productivity
“This definition focuses on results. It asks the questions, what difference did the institute make in student knowledge, skill and attitude?”
A more recent definition for educational quality is:
“Quality is conformance to mission specification and goal achievement – within publicly accepted standards of accountability and integrity”
Characteristics of Excellence :Characteristics of Excellence :
Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education include:
A mission appropriate to Higher Education
Well defined and appropriate goals
Established conditions and procedures under which the mission and goals can be realized
Characteristics of Excellence :Characteristics of Excellence :
Characteristics of Excellence in Higher Education Continue:
Assessment of both institutional effectiveness and student learning outcomes and the use of results for improvement
Substantial accomplishment of mission and goalsThe support needed to continue to accomplish
mission and goalsMeeting the eligibility requirement and standards of
accreditation bodies.
Measure of Excellence (quality)
Measure of Excellence (quality)
Several questions associate with the measurement of quality:
What evidence or indicators are acceptable as appropriate operational expressions of quality?
What evidence should be assembled to reflect the performance and quality of institutions that have diverse mission, history and environment?
Hence, the evidence of quality (Excellence) at H.E. Institutions requires more than one data point.
Measure of Excellence (quality) Cont.
Measure of Excellence (quality) Cont.
The following indicators could be used as evidence of collegiate quality:
1. Peer reviews as expressed in accreditation and program reviews.
2. Students and alumni opinion and satisfaction indices.
3. Reputation and ranking studies.4. Students performance profiles on entrance and exit
tests.5. Professional licensure results.6. Faculty research and publication productivity
Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance
Quality Assurance Instruments in Higher Education include:
Accreditation : The test of goal achievement and improvement
Ranking and Ratings : The test of reputation Outcomes : The test of results Licensure : The test of professional standards Program reviews : The test of Peer Review Follow-up studies : The test of client satisfaction Total quality management : The test of continuous
improvement
Pursuing Excellence Pursuing Excellence
Where to Start? Organizational Checklist
The checklist is a supplement to Excellence in Higher Education.
Provides an introduction to excellence in Higher Education.
Provides starting point for discussion and systematic self-assessment using the Excellency in Higher Education model.
It covers 7 dimensions of organizational functioning that are critical in Higher Education.
Organizational Checklist Cont.Organizational Checklist Cont.
The seven dimensions are: Leadership Strategic Planning External Focus Information and Analysis Faculty/Staff workplace focus Process Effectiveness Outcomes and Achievements
Case Study : KFUPMCase Study : KFUPM
KFUPM has established a number of programs and practices towards excellence assurance in its education. These include:
Preparatory-Year Program Program Assessment
Accreditation Self-Assessment
Quality Management and Planning Strategic Planning Performance Measures and Indictors
Case Study : KFUPM Cont.Case Study : KFUPM Cont.
Academic Development : Faculty Development Program e-Learning
Student Programs Research Institute Dhahran Technovalley
What is needed for being creative?
Curiosity, questions, questions, …
and searching for answers
creative unrest
What is needed for being creative?
What is needed for being creative?
Broad horizon
Knowledge in several fields
Interdisciplinary thinking
Inspiration by analogies
What is needed for being creative?
What is needed for being creative?
GoalGoal
ProfessionProfession additional
Passionsadditional
Passions
CreativityCreativity CreativityCreativity
Inquietude, conflicting feelings
Self-confidence Self-critics
Stubbornness Flexibility
Concentration Relaxation
What is needed for being creative?
What is needed for being creative?
GoalGoal
SerendipitySerendipity
Partners for discussion
Open Dialogue
Openness for critics
Honesty towards one-self
Honesty towards others
What is needed for being creative?
What is needed for being creative?
UniversityUniversity
CollaborationCollaboration
IndustryIndustry
University & Industry Interaction
University & Industry Interaction
IndustryIndustry
UniversityUniversity
Exchange of PeopleExchange of People
It is strongly Recommended that Professors, worked for at least a year in industry !
- Postdoctoral Employment- Sabbatical in Industry- Own Company
It is strongly Recommended that Professors, worked for at least a year in industry !
- Postdoctoral Employment- Sabbatical in Industry- Own Company
Scientists and Engineers in Industry return regularly to the University !
- Sabbatical at a University
- Continuing Education at University
- Collaboration on Joint Projects
- Bringing Experience in University Teaching
Scientists and Engineers in Industry return regularly to the University !
- Sabbatical at a University
- Continuing Education at University
- Collaboration on Joint Projects
- Bringing Experience in University Teaching
Continuing Education
for Professionals and for the Public
is a Joint Task of
Industry and University
Continuing Education
for Professionals and for the Public
is a Joint Task of
Industry and University
Research is for
the
Benefit of
Society
Research is for
the
Benefit of
Society
?To succeed, we have to run
faster every day
To succeed, we have to run
faster every day !!
?But – are we running in the
proper direction ??
But – are we running in the
proper direction ??
Excellence in Higher Education means that Higher Education Institutions can:
create knowledge and spread it craft solutions to crucial social challenges add value in a way that only a higher education institution can.
Excellence in Higher Education means the formation of responsible and innovative leaders with long-term vision, willing to serve society.
Excellence in Higher Education means a society with the capacity to innovate, adapt and advance.
Excellence in Higher Education means local industry with the capacity to compete globally
Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks
Concluding RemarksConcluding Remarks
Those who know more are expected to accomplish more, earn more, and, in the end, to live a happier life.
To succeed, we have to run faster every day. But – are we running in the proper direction??
Who will keep our boat afloat, Policy? Economy? Or Academic Community?
Let’s convert our academic institutions into radiating cultural centres with an impact on society!
Let’s be reminded that academic institutions alone can not solve major Global Problems. We also need Empathy, Compassion, and Foresight.
Thank You