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OECD conference on Higher Education in times of Crisis. Institutional response! Jens Aaris Thisted, ph.d. Vice Dean –Open University CBS. Business as usual!. As business school that is mostly financed by public means (no tuition!) we are in a steady-state situation.
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OECD conference on Higher Education in times of Crisis Institutional response! Jens Aaris Thisted, ph.d. Vice Dean –Open University CBS
Business as usual! As business school that is mostly financed by public means (no tuition!) we are in a steady-state situation Pre-career B.Sc. M.Sc. – no tuition - > 10.000 stud. Mid-career (E)MBA – high tuition - > 500 stud. Early-career (Op.Un.) – low tuition - > 2.500 stud.
Research More competitive bidding for non-state, EU and other funding sources. Funds will be directed towards crisis-alleviating activities – less base funding. No indication of decrease in state research funding.
Faculty & Students Competitive situation for faculty has eased a bit. Students may exercise ’arbitrage’ between high-fee and low-fee institutions. Difficult job situation may encourage study propensity.
Value crisis Executive behavior scrutinized CSR – in all its aspects Topical changes e.g. accounting (back to ’prudency’) Job flexibility – flexicurity model Less thrills
Crisis concept Often the chinese sign of ’crisis’ is enterpreted as ’danger’/’challenge’ and ’opportunity’. Sinologists have told me that the latter part is wrong. It should rather be ’decisive moment’ The positive connotation of ’opportunity’ is not well founded!