Talent Development for Faculty: The Case of Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-443
Author(s):  
Tam T. Phuong ◽  
Dae Seok Chai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education

The Problem With the rise of a globalized knowledge-based economy, the Vietnamese government has demonstrated a determination to build world-class universities by making higher education development one of the top national priorities. The Vietnamese higher education system is an interesting case of a latecomer’s development in an emerging market economy regulated by a single-party socialist state espousing communism. Although they have invested in higher education for decades, the system is still in a trial phase. For example, only two national universities cracked the top 150 in the Asian region, not in the world. Although the faculty talent pool can significantly help achieve the goals of the Vietnamese higher education system, the quality of Vietnamese faculty members is a key limitation. Furthermore, literature on talent development (TD) for faculty in the Vietnamese context is rare. The Solution This study aims to explore faculty TD trends and issues in the Vietnamese higher education system. This comprehensive review of the literature (a) provides an overview of the Vietnamese higher education system; (b) presents findings on the scope, foci, activities, and outcomes of faculty TD activities, and (c) provides implications for policy, practice, and further research on TD for faculty in Vietnam. As few published reviews of faculty TD in Vietnamese universities are available, the current comprehensive literature review can set the foundation for more effective practices and further research on TD and human resources development (HRD) for faculty in Vietnam. The Stakeholders The recommendations provided from this study will help HRD practitioners, institutional and ministerial decision makers, and faculty members in Vietnam.

scholarly journals How Much is a Full Professor Worth? The Challenge of Attracting the Best Talent

2015 ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Marcelo Knobel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Education System ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
The State ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Full Professor ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Higher Education System

There are many factors that motivate the pursuit of an academic career, including academic freedom, prestige, stability, curiosity, among others. However, salary is also key to the future career choices of young talent. In the State of São Paulo, in Brazil, the salary of all public servants is currently tied to the salary of the governor, that, for political reasons, is kept at a rather low value. This fact is already having an effect on thousands of faculty members in the higher education system of the State. In this paper, I discuss how this salary limitation can influence the decision of young talent to follow an academic career and, put at risk a rather well developed higher education system. Furthermore, I discuss this issue in a broader context of strong regulation, a lack of competitiveness to support career development, and how this all undermines the commitment and morale of qualified professors.

scholarly journals Indicators of Regional Innovation Clusters’ Effectiveness in the Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Iryna Lysenko ◽  
Serhii Stepenko ◽  
Hanna Dyvnych
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
State Education ◽  
Innovation Clusters ◽  
The Impact

Under globalization conditions, the main priority of the state education policy in many countries of the world is to ensure higher education quality. This is possible through close and efficient cooperation between the state, higher education institutions, future specialists, employers and innovative structures (clusters). This study focuses on the development of indicators that can comprehensively assess the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters in the higher education system. The main attention is given to the analysis of innovations, business, education development and competitiveness, as indicators of the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters in the higher education system. The following methods have been used within the research: content analysis, statistical, correlation and regression analysis, econometric modeling and the graphical method. As a result of the research, indicators of the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters have been identified and the impact of these indicators on the higher education system has been evaluated. The authors have shown that there is a close relationship between the level of development of regional innovation clusters, indicators of business and innovations development, and the level of competitiveness. The direct impact of those on the higher education system has been established and confirmed by the provided calculations.

scholarly journals E-learning Opportunities and Limitations in Inclusive Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ponomareva ◽  
Ekaterina Ugnich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
State Level ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Development

The objective of this work is to study the limitations and opportunities for e-learning development in the inclusive education system in higher education establishments. To determine the possibility of e-learning application in inclusive higher education, the principles of evolutionary economics and institutional theory were used. It is shown that e-learning development in the national higher education system and its perception by the higher inclusive education system depends on the development level of social and information interrelations in society. Moreover, e-learning application in inclusive higher education is possible only in collaboration with traditional learning. E-learning efficiency in inclusive higher education depends on institutional environment existing both at state level and separate university level. Herewith, institutional environment should be aimed not only at e-learning development and inclusive education, but also their collaboration. The results achieved are verified by empirical study of e-learning implementation into the inclusive higher education system by the example of Russia. The results of the conducted research, which indicated peculiarities, opportunities and limitations of an e-learning mechanism in inclusive higher education, can be applied to increase its efficiency both at separate universities level and at the level of state strategies formation for higher education development.

scholarly journals Mergers, Consolidations and Alliances in Higher Education: International Experiences and Lessons learned for Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Minh Son ◽  
Vu Van Yem ◽  
Nguyen Thi Huong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
System Size ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
The World

The transition from mass higher education to universal access globally marked by the creation of a series of higher education institutions (HEIs) has pushed countries to undergo reforms, rearrangement of higher education system. The wave of merger, consolidation, or alliance between HEIs may stem from the need of the schools themselves who gave proposal or from the administrative orders of the administrative authorities to fulfill the policy objectives. Countries in the world have continued the process of reforming and reorganizing the higher education system and have achieved certain successes and inevitably some mistakes. These are valuable lessons for the following countries. This paper is aimed at showing the experience of nations and some lessons learned. It is composed of four parts. The first part gives an overview of the current global higher eduction reform, the definition of concepts used herein and distinguishes some types of mergers, consolidations and alliances in terms of the number and the status of founding institutions. The second part analyzes the results of the process such as changes in system size, student size, performance, impacts on stakeholders after the merger. The third part summarizes the current status of Vietnamese higher education with outstanding issues which required the reorganization and the reform of the system for the purpose of enhancing efficiency and regional and global competitiveness. In the final section, the paper provides some recommendations for Vietnamese higher education, which were drawn from the successes and failures of the process of reforming higher education systems around the world.

scholarly journals Corruption in Vietnamese Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis McCornac
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Education System ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
International Standard ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Training

There is no doubt that the Vietnamese higher education system is in need of serious reform. Corruption is epidemic, and actions must be taken to change the environment in which these practices flourish. The recent decision by the Ministry of Education and Training to adopt new, stricter measures on national exams and the increased media attention on corruption are steps in the right direction. If Vietnam desires to obtain an international standard educational system, required reforms are necessary from all parties. Perhaps, most importantly, there must be a monumental change in the attitude and thinking by students, faculty, and parents. Education is a right and privilege that is earned, not a commodity to be sold by administrators and faculty.

scholarly journals Research on Resources and Environment of Vietnam’s Higher Education System in Accordance with U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Vu Anh ◽  
Tran Thi Hoai ◽  
Nguyen Thi Tuyet Anh ◽  
Dao Van Huy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resource And Environment ◽  
Measures Of Performance

The network of research universities - Universitas 21 (U21) has developed a global ranking which examines 24 measures of performance indicators across four areas: Resources, Environment, Connectivity, and Output (called U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems) to assess the national higher education systems. In which, Resources and Environment are input variables, Connectivity and Output are outcomes. This paper will study Vietnam's policy environment and resources, corresponding to two input measures of the ranking: Resources and Environment. The paper also reviews the experiences of some countries, the current situation of resources, and the impact of the policies on national higher education compared to Vietnam. The authors have proposed six solutions on Resource and Environment to improve the position of the Vietnamese higher education system with the expectation that the higher education system of Vietnam will create positive changes and be in the Top 50 best national higher education systems of U21 Ranking.

scholarly journals Development features of the Russian higher education system in present-day conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Maksim V. Yakovlev ◽  
Еduard S. Gareev ◽  
Emil R. Burangulov ◽  
Nika E. Valitova ◽  
Maria E. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Fundamental Education ◽  
Current Context

Based on research material, the authors of the present article determine and critically comprehend the problems and specifics of the Russian higher education development in the current context. It is concluded that the global trends of digitalization, internationalization, commercialization, as well as the internal circumstances of the Russian reality (administrative pressure, economic decline, etc.), have significantly changed the Russian higher education system and caused difficulties in its development (narrow departmental nature of educational policy, shifting the focus on the qualitative content of fundamental education to the wayside, etc.). In order to solve the noted problems, it is proposed to use the theoretical and practical developments of the issues concerning the education content and form of the most prominent Russian researchers (N.A. Berdyaev, S.N. Bulgakov, M.O. Gershenzon, S.L. Frank, etc.), and to implement methods of a constructive combination of the classical university strategy and commercialization, focused on the interests of society and science.

scholarly journals THE REFORM PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN VIETNAM: PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Carolyn Tran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Doi Moi ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
Education Market

After more than three decades of implementing the Doi Moi policy, Vietnam’s higher education has achieved significant progress, in terms of policies of national reform and strategies of international cooperation. However, the role and position of higher education institutions in the world’s education market are still blurry. Although a number of researchers have highlighted a range of impediments to its development, realistic solutions have not been devised to help Vietnam accelerate its progress in education. The main objectives of this paper are to review reform in government policies pertaining to the development of the higher education sector, discuss the performance efficiency of higher education institutions using statistical analyses based on the findings from recent studies, and propose possible solutions for enhancing performance efficiency and accountability transparency of higher education institutions in the process of the comprehensive renovation of the Vietnamese higher education system

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