Important for Universities to use authentic measures of Excellence: Lessons from Singapore –
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Authenticity
Important for Universities to use authentic measures of Excellence: Lessons from Singapore –
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/24495576/posts/1614898353
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Singapore Universities: A Decade of Shame
In 2018, a new era begins in Singapore Universities with ex-Carnegie Mellon University President Professor Subra Suresh as NTU President. The first step should be to cease reliance on and pursuit of a bogus standard of questionable excellence. We must return to authentic impact as the measure of excellence for our premier institutions of higher learning. The determination to restore authenticity depends only on visionary transformational leadership in our institutions backed by enlightened political courage in the government. For the sake of future generations and the fate of Singapore, failure to discard the University rankings scourge from the minds of University Administrators is not optional. We either do or die trying; it’s between sustainable existential survival and devolving into oblivion. Dare we not succeed? Time will tell. Full Article:
Ending a Decade of Shame in Singapore Universities
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