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Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial Sector. 22-Nov-2006. Content. Introduction Characteristics of Excellence Measure of Excellence Quality Assurance Pursuing Excellence Case study – KFUPM Creativity Interaction with the Industry Concluding Remarks.
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Higher Education Excellence: Impact on the Industrial Sector 22-Nov-2006
Content • Introduction • Characteristics of Excellence • Measure of Excellence • Quality Assurance • Pursuing Excellence • Case study – KFUPM • Creativity • Interaction with the Industry • Concluding Remarks
“The Global Vehicle” SOCIETY INDUSTRY ACADEMIA
Introduction • 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.
Introduction • 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 Excellence Resources Reputation Outcome Content Excellence as
Introduction • 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 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 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 goals • The support needed to continue to accomplish mission and goals • Meeting the eligibility requirement and standards of accreditation bodies.
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. The following indicators could be used as evidence of collegiate quality: • Peer reviews as expressed in accreditation and program reviews. • Students and alumni opinion and satisfaction indices. • Reputation and ranking studies. • Students performance profiles on entrance and exit tests. • Professional licensure results. • Faculty research and publication productivity
Quality 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 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. The seven dimensions are: • Leadership • Strategic Planning • External Focus • Information and Analysis • Faculty/Staff workplace focus • Process Effectiveness • Outcomes and Achievements
Case 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. • Academic Development : • Faculty Development Program • e-Learning • Student Programs • Research Institute • Dhahran Technovalley
What is needed for being creative? What is needed for being creative? • Curiosity, questions, questions, … • and searching for answers • creative unrest
What is needed for being creative? • Broad horizon • Knowledge in several fields • Interdisciplinary thinking • Inspiration by analogies
Creativity Creativity Goal Profession additional Passions
What is needed for being creative? • Inquietude, conflicting feelings • Self-confidence Self-critics • Stubbornness Flexibility • Concentration Relaxation
Serendipity Goal
What is needed for being creative? • Partners for discussion • Open Dialogue • Openness for critics • Honesty towards one-self • Honesty towards others
University & Industry Interaction Industry Collaboration University
Industry Exchange of People University
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
Continuing Education for Professionals and for the Public is a Joint Task of Industry and University
Research is for the Benefit of Society
! To succeed, we have to run faster every day
But – are we running in the proper direction ??
Concluding Remarks • 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 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.