UNIVERSITY

Today and Tomorrow

prof. dr. Stane Pejovnik, Rector

University of Ljubljana

Round Table
Beyond the Crisis: Funding Research
Universities in Economic Recession
3-4 December 2010, University of Zagreb

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University Today:
 Autonomy and Accountability
 Knowledge and/or Technology Transfer

University Tomorrow:
 International level
 Slovenia
 EUA autonomy study
Elements of autonomy, trends and
challenges

rektor@uni-lj.si
 Autonomy from: - defined as absence of control/restrictions
State/government
Contract Partner
Market
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 Autonomy to: - defined as positive set of freedoms
Decide on programes
Decide on procedures
Decide on substance

The freedom of institution to run its own affairs without

direction or influence from any other level of government

rektor@uni-lj.si
 No single definition of autonomy
 It is dependent on the perceptions on the role

of the government in HE, and thus vary

considerably between European countries.

Autonomy dependent on practices as well as

regulations.
 Formal vs operational autonomy

Perceptions about the extent of autonomy

dependent on:
 The historical and social context, and point of

reference.
Two levels of autonomy:
Between state and HEI
Between HEI and constitutive units

rektor@uni-lj.si
Accountability:

 integrity and honesty

 effective use of resources and
 quality of results
 adherence to national policy goals

 rektor@uni-lj.si
Accountability mechanisms

 legal requirements
 licensing, accreditation, evaluation,
 academic audits
 financial incentives
 linking resources and performance
 (funding formula, performance contract,
demand-side mechanisms)
rektor@uni-lj.si
Accountability mechanisms

 measurement of learning outcomes

 employability of graduates
 ranking and/or benchmarking
 finacial audit
 reporting
 ........
rektor@uni-lj.si
University Today:
 Autonomy and Accountability
 Knowledge and/or Technology Transfer

University Tomorow:
 International level
 Slovenia
 GOVERNMENT

“CLUSTERS”
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

LIFE LONG LEARNING

SERVIS

ALUMNI
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CONSULTING

INCUBATOR
TAX INCENTIVES TECNOLOGY PARK
 Production

Government

Academia
University Today:
 Autonomy and Accountability
 Knowledge and/or Technology Transfer

University Tomorow:
 International level
 Slovenia
Are universities under
increasing pressure to transform?

Yes!

Why?
Because:
 global (increasing need for
internationalisation)
 and local (government, business, civil
society)
 environment have changed

Risk free environment is replaced by market

environment.
Traditional ways of governance prove
inadequate.
 PROFITABILITY
OBSTACLES FOR
SHARING KNOWLEDGE

COMPETITIVENESS

BRAIN
MARKET DRIVEN DRAIN
KNOWLEDGE
GENERATION
FRAGMENTATION SHORT
SPECIALIZATION TERM FOCUS

POTENTIALLY THREATENING S&T

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 Long term focus:
◦ priority setting
◦ industrial growth
◦ indiscriminating policy
 Education:
◦ capacity building
◦ collective responsibility
 Value systems
◦ resilience
◦ indicators (HDI)
◦ early warning systems

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 SUSTAINABILITY

HOLISTIC
IMPROVING MULTIDISCIPLINARY CO-OPERATION
UNDERSTANDING
S&T

AWARENESS
LONG TERM FOCUS VALUE SYSTEMS
EDUCATION

POTENTIALLY ENHANCING S&T

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University Today:
 Autonomy and Accountability
 Knowledge and/or Technology Transfer

University Tomorow:
 International level
 Slovenia
University of Slovenia
 A university system is a set of multiple,
affiliated universities and colleges that are
usually geographically distributed. Typically,
all member universities in a university system
share a common component among all of
their various names. Usually, all member
universities of a university system are
governed by a system-wide governing body,
such as a board of trustees or a board of
regents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_system
The University of California system includes ten
campuses, three national laboratories, five medical
centers and many facilities throughout the state.

Campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles (UCLA) ,

Merced, Riverside, San Diego (UCSD), San Francisco,
Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Cruz (UCSC)

National Laboratories: Berkeley (LBNL), Livermore (LLNL), Los Alamos (LANL)

Medical Centers: Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco
 A university system should not be confused
with a multiple-campus university. A
university system contains several
universities. A multiple-campus university is
a single university that has more than one
campus. In the US, a common test of whether
institutions comprise a system is whether
they are separately accredited by a
government-approved accreditor.
The University of Slovenia system includes:

 three campuses,
 ? national institutes,
 two medical centers
 and……
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