Management and governance

Few academics abused the autonomy they used to have – and fewer still complained about their salary, says Adrian Furnham

After fighting to unite troubled public campuses in two different states, Dannel Malloy has sympathy for affected faculty but won’t let it stop him

The National Education Policy is like a breath of fresh air; now universities need to make the changes happen to reap the rewards, says Pankaj Mittal

Language is a powerful tool for breaking down resistance and normalising unhealthy cultural change, says Bruce Macfarlane

The ‘huge repertoire’ of institutions in the US is a strength of the sector, but some are sceptical Europe has much to learn from it

Eight-year average ‘feels about right’ given need to get to know institutions and form strategies, says Hepi director

Researchers perceive weakening of institution’s international and multilingual atmosphere

A US university’s requirement of 10 in-person office hours per week is an anachronistic sales pitch, says Jonathan Beecher Field

Second draft promises to increase spending and tackle casualisation, but government remains reluctant to loosen reins on sector frustrated by red tape

Surging international student numbers and regional economic demand seen as twin drivers

Neuroscientist’s unrivalled track record from Oxford comprehensive to college head stands her in good stead to be vice-chancellor of world’s most highly ranked university

Chief of renowned university sees positive leadership role during Covid but admits miscues on edX and blind spots on cost discipline

Merton College warden boasts long association with city and university, but is relative newcomer to top-level leadership

Resignations from the Australia India Institute suggest that politicisation of university management is not confined to the mainland, says Mukhtar Ahmad

International unit director to succeed Alistair Jarvis later this year

Focus on organisational hygiene and you get a nice place to work. Quality and high performance may or may not follow, says Grahame Dowling

A mixture of privacy concerns and managerialism prevents universities from making good use of their research expertise, says Sunil Mitra Kumar

Canadian campus aims to trade reminder of indigenous abuses with branding that signals modern sophistication

The president of Seoul National University discusses the existential crisis facing higher education in South Korea

Such an approach will help institutions rebuild their covenant with communities, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson

If good collegial practice is recognised, shared and rewarded, universities will be more enjoyable places to work, says Rachel Norman

Harper Adams head Ken Sloan argues that boards should consider leaders from diverse career backgrounds

Long-time University of South Florida booster Rhea Law gets the presidency, leaving faculty to wonder if the moment is too much for anyone

The new 43-year-old head of Sciences Po discusses how he is helping Ukrainian students, institutional change and his classmate Emmanuel Macron

The University of Leeds vice-chancellor discusses why UK higher education should go Dutch and the national scandal that drew her to academia

Institution promises overhaul amid calls for firings

In Sri Lanka, an increase in the number of clerical staff has been accompanied by a downturn in quality, says Chani Imbulgoda

Systems have the data to track students, the leverage to facilitate collaboration and the authority to create transfer policies, says Nancy L Zimpher

The Great Resignation, remote working and rapid changes in the graduate employment market are all forcing US higher education institutions to evolve – fast. But are institutions that have spent two years managing Covid-19 ready to take up another challenge? Paul Basken reports

Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population

The president of Macau University of Science and Technology discusses overhauling engineering education and the differences between Macao and Hong Kong 

Universities and colleges have such a range of histories, missions and demographics that proposing single solutions is misguided, says Harvey Graff

Despite incremental reforms throughout Emmanuel Macron’s first term as president, France still has one of the most centralised higher education systems in Europe. As the election looms, Ben Upton examines attitudes towards institutional autonomy and asks whether its supposed effects on equality and academic freedom are limiting appetite for more

If universities were mainstream businesses they would be in the category of bloated, oligopolistic conglomerates, says Timothy Devinney

It is doubtful that a management consulting firm could avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater, says Grahame R. Dowling

The PSL president discusses bringing staff on board and not over-centralising services

The default mode of human problem-solving is to add complexity. But we must try harder to resist, say Leidy Klotz and Robert Sutton

Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay

Renaissance historian will be first woman to lead the Russell Group institution

The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners 

The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden

Vice-chancellors and presidents must deliver fully inclusive environments from which female leaders will emerge, says Lucy Meredith

Universities have a duty to protect students from the power imbalance inherent in a personal relationship with a staff member, says Cara Aitchison

The president of Penn State discusses its business hub model and leading in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal 

As the Christ Church saga underlines, college trustees must ask probing questions if they are to fulfil their responsibilities, says Gill Evans 

Flexibility, speed and resources are needed to ensure that refugee scholars and students can continue their work, says Jan Palmowski 

Unless pay and conditions improve at UK universities, quality and diversity will enter a downward spiral, says Maria Sobolewska

The academy should be a safe haven for ignorance – provided it is accompanied by a willingness to be respectfully challenged, says Nic Smith

Chair acknowledges that publication ‘caused renewed disquiet, frustration and anger’

Insular nation’s only private university hopes online teaching revolution means it can attract ordinary lecturers, not just adventurers

The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a higher education economist and a university leader and changing career 

The Martyn Percy saga underlines the need for the academic body to be led by one of their own, says Brian Martin

A year into office, head of California State University system felled after helping hide sexual abuse allegations against administrator

The Bourne films had it right. ‘Look at us. Look at what they make you give,’ says Donald Earl Collins

No confidence motion also calls for radical overhaul of university’s governance

French institution tops table for first time as country’s consolidation strategy appears to pay off 

The president of SUSTech discusses his humble background and hands-on approach to leadership

Every college-university relationship should be viewed as the mutually beneficial arrangement it genuinely is, says Sam Parrett

A scandal over unfair appointments of lecturers to the civil service should spark a broader pushback against nepotism, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung 

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