Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial

Sector

Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial

Sector22-Nov-200622-Nov-2006

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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