Creating world class universities: Roles and responsibilities for academic leaders in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 570-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darshna V Banker ◽  
Kanika T Bhal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
World Class

Indian universities have been facing difficulty getting world-class status as a very few Indian higher educational institutions have made it through the global rankings. We need to understand the unique challenges of the Indian higher education sector and what academic leaders of globally ranked institutions do to respond to those challenges. The interview-based qualitative study was designed to identify the key roles and responsibilities of leaders. Nvivo Pro was used for the initial analysis of the interview scripts of twelve academic leaders of globally ranked higher educational institutions. Nine responsibilities – visioning, fundraising, safeguarding, managing intellectuals, attracting bright students, social inclusion, social responsibility, engaging into academics, and administration – were explored under four latent categories of academic leadership roles that included boundary spanning, nurturing human talent, social contribution, and operations using a ‘six-step thematic analysis approach’. These roles are discussed in the ‘Results and discussion’ section with respect to the challenges that the Indian higher education sector faces. Our paper identified a unique emerging theme ‘social inclusion’ that plays a vital role in the worldwide status of Indian higher education. We provide a few guidelines for developing and strengthening Indian academic leadership as well.

scholarly journals Competence, performance and trainability of older workers of higher educational institutions in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junaidah Hashim ◽  
Saodah Wok
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the competence, performance, and trainability of older workers of higher educational institutions in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – Survey methods were used in this study. The survey measures were adopted from Rothwell (2002) and Sarmiento et al. (2007) for performance and competence, respectively, while trainability measurements were adopted from Maurer et al. (2008). The sample of 325 respondents consisted older workers in the higher education sector aged between 55 and 60 years old. Findings – Based on the assessments made by the older workers themselves and their superiors, it is found that the older workers are competent, performing well, and are trainable. The administrative older staff, however, were rated lower by the superior as compared to the academic older staff. This may be due to the fact that most of the assessors are academicians. Regardless of the category of the staff, performance of older workers is positively related to their competence and trainability. Research limitations/implications – Competence and trainability are important factors as they are found related to performance. This study focuses on education sector. It would be interesting to include older workers from other sectors because the education sector is perceived to be less physically demanding. Practical implications – This study provides valuable insights into considering of revising the retirement age of academician in higher education sector even higher. Age seems to be an advantage to this group of employees. Originality/value – This study is unique and significant because it focuses on important sector, i.e. higher education. It would reduce the knowledge gap in performance management of older workers especially in higher education sector.

scholarly journals The search for academic excellence: The hard facts and bitter truths

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iddirisu Andani Mu-azu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Leadership ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Strategic Objective ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Quality In Higher Education

Globalization, with its attendant competitiveness in almost all human endeavours, has brought in its wake a renewed surge for quality in higher education. The searchlights have been thrown on, not only on the traditional areas such as the quality of lecture rooms, Lecturers, Libraries and performance of students, but on such other things like the quality of academic leadership as the driving force that greases the clogged wheels of higher educational institutions towards attaining the visions and missions of most institutions.  The picture gradually emerging is one where the quality of academic leadership largely determines what will come on the academic agenda for pursuing relevance, access, affordability, equity, efficiency and economy in the 21st Century.  This work seeks to explore the management dimensions of pursuing excellence as a strategic objective through building partnerships with major stakeholders rather than the use of high – handedness. Besides observations, the study relied on literature review. The era of the visionary and motivational leadership appears to be the key for higher educational institutions which seek to stand up to competition in the global arena. The social and political ends of higher education call for not just exemplary leadership, but also human-centred results-oriented approaches to sustainable tertiary institutions of excellence.

Scientific and Informational Almanac about Libraries, Publishing Houses and Higher Educational Institutions

2010 ◽  
pp. 122-124
Author(s):  
Valerii P. Leonov ◽  
Mariya G. Bokan ◽  
Nina V. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Eastern State ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Far Eastern

On the publishing of scientific and informational almanac «Power of a Book: Library. Publishing House. Institute of Higher Education» by Far Eastern State University.

Implementing TQM practices in Pakistani Higher Education Institutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizwan Ahmed ◽  
Syed Iftikhar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Process Control ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

<span>Implementing TQM practices at the Higher Educational Institutions of Pakistan,<span> especially at the business schools, is relatively a new concept and it is in its initial stages.<span> The theoretical framework of this study is based upon the instrument that measures the<span> extent of TQM implementation in Higher Education Institutions. Based upon literature<span> review, the framework having 14 dimensions is used in this study. Exploratory Factor<span> Analysis (EFA) extracted 13 factors as the determinants of TQM Implementation in<span> business schools of Pakistan such as Stakeholders’ Focus, Recognition and Reward,<span> Measurement and Evaluation, Process Control and Improvement, Resources, Leadership,<span> Empowerment are some of the main factors as each of these factors are explaining more<span> than 5% of the variation in the data<br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>

A Study on Workforce Diversity and its Impact on Employee Performance in the Indian Higher Education Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 205-208
Author(s):  
Loukik T V ◽  
Renee Namratha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Higher Education Culture ◽  
Senior Administration ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Education Culture

In spite of unassuming increments in the arrangement of women in top administration levels in the course of recent years, the extent despite everything stays low at 20% in 2012. Indeed, even with significant proof indicating a positive relationship between gender assorted variety and business execution, women still discriminated at senior administration, official administration and board levels. Through quantitative illustrative examination strategy, the exploration intended to distinguish with which of these elements are advancing and hindering the expanded gender diversity levels in Indian higher education sector. This examination study verified that higher education culture factors advancing expanded gender diversity in higher education division with higher gender diversity levels are distinctive to the factors hindering expanded gender diversity in higher education with low gender diversity levels.

scholarly journals Limits of exercising the rights to leasing out property by public institutions of higher education

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Mykola Moroz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Right

Problem setting. Leasing out property that is involved in educational, academic, training and production, scientific activities by the public institutions of higher education often leads to violation of the rights of other participants in educational activities. They are sure to be a result of violating the limits, established by the current legislation, of exercising the rights to leasing out property by the public institutions of higher educational. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The issues of state property lease have been studied by many scholars. Basic research in this area has been conducted by I. Spasibo-Fatieieva, O. Lipetsker, Ye.Kazarenko, V. Steshenko, M. Pronina, S. Puhinsky, T. Potapenkova, Yu.Basin, D. levenson, N. Khashchivska, N. Milovska and other scientists. Target of research. The aim of the paper is a comprehensive study and analysis of the limits of exercising the rights by the public institutions of higher education to leasing out their own property. To achieve this goal the following tasks should be solved: 1) to define the limits of exercising the rights by the public institutions of higher education to leasing out their own property; 2) to determine the legal consequences of concluding lease agreements by the public higher educational institutions in violation of current legislation. Article’s main body. The article conducts a general study and analysis of the right of the public institutions of higher education to lease property. The author emphasizes that public higher educational institutions have the right to lease out only real estate and other individually identified property. The legal consequences of concluding lease agreements by public higher educational institutions in violation of the current legislation have been studied. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Summarizing the results of the study we can formulate the following conclusions. The public institutions of higher education have the right to lease out real estate and other individually determined property in the manner prescribed by law and subject to statutory restrictions (without the right of redemption and sublease, when it does not worsen the social and living conditions of persons studying or working in the educational institution). While leasing the property, the public higher educational institution realizes primarily their own property interests, at the same time, indirectly realizing the property interests of the state. If the lease agreement of real estate and other individually determined property of higher educational institutions is recognized as invalid, it may be recognized as invalid only for the future.

scholarly journals HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

2017 ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Prerna Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
World Class ◽  
Access And Quality ◽  
Basic Infrastructure ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
Do So

The Indian higher education system is facing a crisis that is affecting its ability to build world class higher education institutions. Indians have the ability to cope up with that crisis but sometimes they fail to do so because of the ‘EDUCATION SYSTEM’. This paper will focus on issues and challenges related to quality, access and integrity of the higher education system in India.The government is responsible for the overall development of the basic infrastructure of Higher Education sector, both in terms of policy and planning. The combination of these two will expand the access and quality improvement in the Higher Education, through world class Universities, Colleges and other Institutions. The paper will throw light on the Vision, Mission, Objectives and Functions for making Higher Education peculiar by using public policies.

scholarly journals USE OF E-LEARNING TOOLS ON HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 805-810
Author(s):  
Alka Sharma ◽  
◽  
Hina Jain Gupta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

In the last two decades, technology has evolved at a great pace and has influenced almost all spheres of life and education is no exception to it. Nowadays, most of the educational institutions are using various tools and equipments to impart education to the students. This paper has tried to explore the impact of e-education tools on thestudents in higher educational institutions. The sample consists of students enrolled in higher educational institutions. Both quantitative and qualitative methods have been adopted for data collection including questionnaires, semi-structured &open-ended interviews. Use of computer and internet was found to be one of the most important e-learning tools. The findings are expected to assist the higher educational institutions in framing their policies to impart quality education to the students.

scholarly journals Gender Disparity And Women Leadership In Educational Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-257
Author(s):  
Tayyaba Zarif ◽  
Safia Urooj ◽  
Abdul Nabi Gorchani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Health Politics ◽  
The World ◽  
Pakistani Women ◽  
Higher Educational

Since the world has rapidly turned into the global village in very short span of time by entering into the 21st Century. The advanced communication has made everything available at the door steps. Huge developments in every sphere of life have been taken place despite human beings have still been accomplishing much-more out of which the inequity and gender disparity is one of those concerns being faced by the world. Now days mostly Pakistani women are active to take part in every field like health, politics even in labor and especially in education sector from lower to higher education. Pakistani women are also playing the important role in the field of education specifically in educational administrative positions from lower to higher education. This research study intended to measure the magnitude of gender disparity in educational institutions of District Shaheed Benazirabad (SBA) of Province Sindh, Pakistan. This research study was quantitative by method and descriptive in nature. The population of this research study was, those women leaders working in educational institutions of District Shaheed Benazirabad, and were performing leadership role in one or other way. The sample of this study was 48 women leaders having proportion of seventy percent of the total population. The data was analyzed through SPSS software, 22 version. This research study found that women leaders working in higher educational institutions have least career related opportunities, they are also put on distance to possess managerial and administrative opportunities and have least support from their high ups and stakeholders as compare to their counter gender in higher educational institutions of District Shaheed Benazirabad. This research study recommended that the women leaders might be given career, managerial and administrative related opportuinities and support and encouragement from their high ups and stakeholders for carrying out their leadership responsibilities.

Modern sports as an effective means of developing motor skills and the formation of applied skills in higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-B) ◽  
pp. 568-574
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Liannoi ◽  
Olesia Dyshko ◽  
Serhii Melnyk ◽  
Mykola Chckailo ◽  
Andrii Hrybinichenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Applied Skills

The practical significance of the work is to develop and implementation the methodology for the motor qualities development of the cadets of military higher educational institutions by means of military pentathlon; the criteria for assessing the academic achievements of cadets during physical education at military higher educational institutions.

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