The purpose of the question is to get a direct justified answer to the following question
What is better for a university, to have a unique strong president or a board of presidents, Committees or trusties board ?
The ( leader, President )must be one of four:
A rich businessman.
or
Professional politician with extensive and high -level relations
or
A person who is literally committed to the law
Ignored to the spirit of that law.
or
A balanced person with wonderful ideas and future aspirations, but this person does not exist in all countries. (Because the above three are everywhere).
With all due respect Professor.
Certainly, public universities must be managed in a businesslike manner, but they are not businesses: their objective is not to seek profit for shareholders, and their enterprise is not focused on a narrow range of products and services. A successful university leader must grasp the unique quality of an institution where power emanates not from management but from the knowledge and authority of the professoriate, and where the purposes for which it exists are timeless rather than short-term.
The president of a university needs to be a strong leader in every sense of the word. This includes politics, business, and academic. The board and other administration should be behind the scenes supporting this leader to make the greatest impact.
1) Clear written definition of the vision and mission of the University in terms of research, teaching, community service, and global outreach.
2) Clear written definition of the plans that reflect the mission and the vision in practical steps for at least for 4-5 years in the future.
3) Developing metrics to measure the performance at the university, college, and departmental levels.
4) Providing feedback every year and reflecting on the plans every 4-5 years.
Example at the university level:
https://president.osu.edu/assets/uploads/PDFs/WEB_Ohio%20State_Strategic_Plan_Narrative_.pdf
Example at the college level:
https://engineering.osu.edu/sites/engineering.osu.edu/files/uploads/strategic_plans/coestrategicplan2014_internal-eac_v3.pdf
Example at the departmental level:
https://ece.osu.edu/sites/ece.osu.edu/files/uploads/ece_strategic_plan_2014-2018.pdf
* Experience shows that a good leader can be defeated by a coalition of bad committees/people. Committees members should be chosen in way that reflects the mission and vision of the university and have the capabilities to fulfill the plans.
* Total administrative and financial independence of the universities.
* Total avoidance of politics whenever possible. This is not easy in the Middle East.
Money is the main factor for leading a university to excellence.
To support scientific research in an excellent manner, and to provide scientific laboratories appropriate and modern
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