Centralised university governance where those at the top have broad powers to make decisions is the best way to propel an institution to success – but can also lead to "disaster" if the wrong people are in charge, a university head has argued, writes David Matthews for Times Higher Education.
Abdullah Atalar, rector at Bilkent University in Turkey, put forward his views on university governance to delegates at the Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Delhi. He gave the example of Stanford University, which Atalar claimed was turned into a highly successful institution by Frederick Terman, who served as provost from 1955 to 1965 and is widely credited as the creator of Silicon Valley. The success of Carnegie Mellon University in the US and KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – in South Korea was also down to the initiative of successful leaders, he added.
But without naming names, he said that poor leadership had sunk the reputations of once well-regarded universities. "There are several universities in the US; 30 years ago they were top universities [but now they are] no longer on the list," he said. "The top-down approach is more successful provided that the right person is the leader. [But] poor leaders in a top-down approach may lead to a disaster," Atalar argued.
-- Abdullah Atalar, rector at Bilkent University in Turkey, put forward his views on university governance to delegates at the Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Delhi. He gave the example of Stanford University, which Atalar claimed was turned into a highly successful institution by Frederick Terman, who served as provost from 1955 to 1965 and is widely credited as the creator of Silicon Valley. The success of Carnegie Mellon University in the US and KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology – in South Korea was also down to the initiative of successful leaders, he added.
But without naming names, he said that poor leadership had sunk the reputations of once well-regarded universities. "There are several universities in the US; 30 years ago they were top universities [but now they are] no longer on the list," he said. "The top-down approach is more successful provided that the right person is the leader. [But] poor leaders in a top-down approach may lead to a disaster," Atalar argued.
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