Academic Board Purpose
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National Conference of Chairs of Academic Boards/Senates –
November 2013
The Purpose and Function of Academic Boards and Senates in
Australian Universities
The Board has a majority of elected members who do not hold
formal management positions within the university, and is capable
of making academic decisions, within its terms of reference, that
are independent of both the Council and University Executive
Changing university environment
EY 2012 Report: University of the future -
• Democratisation of knowledge and access
• Contestability of markets and funding
• Digital technologies
• Global mobility
• Integration with industry
Streamlined Status Quo; Niche Dominators;
Transformers
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/what-will-universities-look-like-in-2030-
future-perfect
Can Academic Boards mitigate academic risk and
assure quality standards?
• Are these risks to the academics or risks to quality
educational outcomes for the students?
• Are Academic Boards serving the institution or the
students?
http://environmentalrisk.org/dont-touch-this-button/
• The overall intent of the (TEQSA) Standards is to establish a system of academic governance that will provide competent academic oversight and monitoring of all academic activities at the institutional level
• This overarching arrangement encompasses but extends beyond local monitoring of an individual course or unit of study, e.g. by subject coordinators, up to the institutional level
The system will include: • approving and (in the cases of providers with self-accrediting
authority) accrediting courses • setting (or providing advice on setting) the provider’s institutional
academic benchmarks (colloquially known as ‘academic standards’, such as success rates, required staff qualifications, etc.)
• developing and reviewing the academic policies that guide all academic activities
• providing competent institutional academic leadership • offering academic advice to corporate decision making, and • allowing for student participation in academic governance.
Emerging risks and opportunities
• international collaborations and partnerships
• emerging technologies and modes of delivery
• credentialing / micro-credentialing
ASU is a comprehensive public research
university, measured not by whom we
exclude, but rather by whom we include and
how they succeed; advancing research and
discovery of public value; and assuming
fundamental responsibility for the economic,
social, cultural and overall health of the
communities it serves.
Arizona State University Charter
Credentialing and micro-credentialing
http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Micro-Credential-Infographic_2.jpg
Connecting universities: Future models of higher education Analysing innovative models for
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka An Economist Intelligence
Unit report produced for the British Council January 2015
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