University education is growing - more students and more managers but not more academic staff. This is changing the way that the university looks/feels. Is this typical and does more management change what a university is for?
For example, in Mexico, in the National Polytechnic Institute, in higher education, 1% are managers, 30% is personal administral, and 69% are teachers. Most teachers have a master's degree or more (70%). But a minority of teachers have a PhD or postdoc (15%). Most are dedicated exclusively to teaching, and about 15% are seen as researchers. In the past 20 years, has been increasing the academic degree profesorese before most had only undergraduate degree.
Reynaldo, this sounds like a very organised structure. Does this mean that your institute has a focus on learning? And does this mean that, in the wider context, we could split tertiary education into institutions that focus on teaching and institutions that focus on research?
Erik, I can say that the IPN tries to maintain a balance between teaching and research. We serve 92,000 undergraduate students, but we are the second university in the country in scientific productivity 1700 taking place worldwide. Our educational model is focused on learning.
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