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Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education. Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector Norwegian University of Life Sciences EUA Annual Conference April 3-4 2014, Brussels. From passive to active change management.
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Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector Norwegian University of Life Sciences EUA Annual Conference April 3-4 2014, Brussels Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education
From passive to active change management We aim to achieve excellence in higher education today - in a sector undergoing fundamental change We will need purpose, strong leaders, a GPS system, and fellow hikers… To survive, we may also have to deal with a «nine-headed troll» on the way Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The Higher Education Trolls Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences
What is our educational vision? A backward looking, predetermined, narrow and boring wandering in a depleted landscape? Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences
What is our educational vision? Through a varied landscape of lifelong work and learning As agents of change for a better and more sustainable future? Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences
A case - our university Steps to be more proactive, to re-think, to survive and thrive as a highly relevant and high quality HE institution into the 21st century • NMBU Learning Philosophy • Student-centered learning outcomes approach • Signature teaching Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Path forward for the institutional level • Develop a more proactive change management • Improve NMBUs capacity as a learning organization Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Higher Education Norwegian University of Life Sciences