The National University of Singapore (NUS), for instance, accepts many foreign students but their standard is very high. Surprisingly, many Malaysians make up a big chunk of foreign students at NUS.
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I wonder how the many NS slaves feel who finish 2 years of torture but cannot make it to NUS but look in at the many FT who never serve NS get in with ease.
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Academic credentials alone do not a V-C make
A VICE-chancellor claimed that the university she was leading already had many foreign students and that people perceive a vice-chancellor who is not a professor and a PhD holder as not qualified enough to lead a university. This is not necessarily a realistic appraisal of an academic hub.
The influx of foreign students to a university could be for many reasons and may not necessarily be a sign that the university has quality and reputation. Many well-to-do students will find it easy to get in, even with minimum qualifications, as some universities have to look for financial resources to exist, without which they have to close down.
If the number of foreign students is the criterion, then many unknown universities in the United States and Britain would also qualify as premier universities, but this is not the case.
Those with good financial standing do get easy admittance into universities, where the principle of supply and demand works. But, this may not be true with some of the best institutions, where perhaps, only less than 10 per cent of those who apply are accepted.
The National University of Singapore (NUS), for instance, accepts many foreign students but their standard is very high. Surprisingly, many Malaysians make up a big chunk of foreign students at NUS.
A university should come to a point where it is only ready to accept the best students and this, among others, would help make it an upmarket education hub. When entry into a university becomes extremely competitive, it will then be perceived as world-class.
It is only optional that the president of a university is a PhD holder or a professor. Some renowned universities in the West are led by those without these academic titles, but they are able to deliver.
To be able to lead and deliver are important criteria of a vice-chancellor. It needs more than just academic qualifications to lead a university into becoming a world-class institution.
Just being an academician does not necessarily make a person an effective leader. Broad knowledge, charisma, astuteness and personality are equally important.
DR M.A. NAIRBandar Muadzam Shah, Rompin
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I wonder how the many NS slaves feel who finish 2 years of torture but cannot make it to NUS but look in at the many FT who never serve NS get in with ease.
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Academic credentials alone do not a V-C make
A VICE-chancellor claimed that the university she was leading already had many foreign students and that people perceive a vice-chancellor who is not a professor and a PhD holder as not qualified enough to lead a university. This is not necessarily a realistic appraisal of an academic hub.
The influx of foreign students to a university could be for many reasons and may not necessarily be a sign that the university has quality and reputation. Many well-to-do students will find it easy to get in, even with minimum qualifications, as some universities have to look for financial resources to exist, without which they have to close down.
If the number of foreign students is the criterion, then many unknown universities in the United States and Britain would also qualify as premier universities, but this is not the case.
Those with good financial standing do get easy admittance into universities, where the principle of supply and demand works. But, this may not be true with some of the best institutions, where perhaps, only less than 10 per cent of those who apply are accepted.
The National University of Singapore (NUS), for instance, accepts many foreign students but their standard is very high. Surprisingly, many Malaysians make up a big chunk of foreign students at NUS.
A university should come to a point where it is only ready to accept the best students and this, among others, would help make it an upmarket education hub. When entry into a university becomes extremely competitive, it will then be perceived as world-class.
It is only optional that the president of a university is a PhD holder or a professor. Some renowned universities in the West are led by those without these academic titles, but they are able to deliver.
To be able to lead and deliver are important criteria of a vice-chancellor. It needs more than just academic qualifications to lead a university into becoming a world-class institution.
Just being an academician does not necessarily make a person an effective leader. Broad knowledge, charisma, astuteness and personality are equally important.
DR M.A. NAIRBandar Muadzam Shah, Rompin
