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Involving students in Leading and
Managing Change in Higher Education
La MANCHE 1st training, TEMPUS IV Programme
Bălţi, 22 of April 2014
Valentina PRITCAN, PhD,
Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations
Ala SAINENCO, PhD,
Dean of the Faculty of Letters
Ana MUNTEAN,
Head of the Department of English and German Philology
La MANCHE project priorities and chief objective
Tempus programme theme: Governance reform
Tempus programme regional priority: University management and students services
in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine.
La MANCHE overall objective: to promote the modernization of Partner Countries’
higher education by:
(1)building governance and management capacities at Partner Countries’ HEIs,
(2)initiating sustainable dialogue on HE reforms among relevant interest groups and
(3) empowering students to become more actively involved in decision making at HEIs.
La MANCHE target groups
Primary target groups: senior managers, deans of faculties, heads of administrative
units, heads of departments, faculty, and the student community at Partner Countries
HEIs
Secondary target groups: senior managers, academic and non-academic staff, and
students of other HEIs in the target Partner Countries, as well as policymakers,
representatives of business and civil society
La MANCHE consortium
Project coordinator: IUC, BG
29 institutions: 28 HEIs and 1 business development company from the UK
6 EU partners and 23 non-EU partners
10 countries represented: 5 EU (BG, FR, GR, PT, UK); 5 non-EU countries from the
Eastern Neighboring Area (AM, BY, GE, MD, UA)
Partner Countries HEIs: 4 AM, 4 BY, 4 GE, 4 MD, 7 UA.
Involving students in Leading and Managing Change in
Higher Education
How do students influence Governance reform ?
Why involving students in Leading and Managing Change in Higher Education is a priority for
University management ?
How can students promote the modernization of higher education ?:
How can students influence building governance and management capacities at Alecu
Russo Balti State University ?
Which are the ways of initiating sustainable dialogue between the students and
teachers, students and managers?
Which is the relevance of empowering students to become more actively involved in
decision making at Alecu Russo Balti State University ?
Four levels of institutions embedding autonomy of HEIs (Williamson, 2000)
Level of analysis Effects on other levels
of institutions Key variables for analysis
of autonomy of HEIs
1. Informal institutions,
values, traditions and
norms.
What formal
institutions are deemed
appropriate and how
they will function?
Inter-personal trust; Trust in Government.
2. Institutional environment:
division of powers and
structure of polity, judiciary
and bureaucracy
Limits the number of
feasible policies at
governance level
Constitutional principles; Legal-administrative
model.
3. Governance: rules
regulating interactions in
specific policy areas
Structures day-to-day
interactions among
agents.
Level of autonomy
granted in laws and by-
laws governing HE. 4. Day-to-day decisions and
interactions. Actions and choices of
HEIs within existing
institutional framework.
Governance, Management, Leadership
opportunities for Involving students
Governance - complex, evolving
No single model
Good governance – fundamental for the autonomous
institution
Tendency to confuse and interchange – management,
leadership, governance and to focus on management and
leadership
Important to distinguish between governance, management
and leadership while understanding their intimate relationship
European Models? Unitary – Senate – normally large, representative, collegial – but
may be
- conservative, introspective, risk averse, not performance oriented
- strong sectoral (Faculty / Departmental) interests,
- strong constituency allegiances – academic, non-academic,
studen
- hence not necessarily conducive to good governance
Dual – a governing body (Council) with overarching responsibility
and
- a Senate responsible for academic matters
Democratic – elected, representative, collegial
Corporate – drawing on experience and models from business and
enterprise with external members
Involving students in Leading and
Managing Change
in USB through the La MANCHE project
How do we do this?
Involving students in Leading
and Managing Change
in USB
La MANCHE 1st training
Putting the pieces together
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness
that created it.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate
Students influence on each level
Student representatives in University Senate
Student representatives in Faculty Council
Student feedback is a part of each course
Objectives
Activities Assessment
What work is appropriate for the
students to reach the objectives?
What should the students perform to
show that they fulfil the objectives?
What should the
students be able to do as
a result of the course?
Integration of skills in
outcomes, activities
and examination
Conclusions
Activities at universities shall be student-centered
Students shall be involved in all spheres of university life
Students shall be responsible and make active choices
Student shall come to universities prepared to make their
choices
Practical exercise/ Group Work (3 groups) Generation of ideas
• Involving students in Leading and Managing Change at Department level
• Involving students in Leading and Managing Change at Dean’s office level
• Involving students in Leading and Managing Change at Rectorat level
Results of practical exercises / group work
Students Message for the Department •student participation in curriculum development;
•promoting extracurricular activities(Drama club, English language contests,
TOEFL preparation);
•additional language courses(TOEFL/TELTS), optional courses;
•choosing the teacher;
•choosing the place for internship;
•participation in social projects, volunteering;
•designing the schedule, the distribution of hours;
•control of teachers’ objectivity;
•distribution of groups of students by level of knowledge and chosen courses;
•student participation in the distribution of scholarships.
Results of practical exercises / group work
Students Message for the Dean’s Office
•involvement in the planning the schedule;
•new courses of foreign languages;
•more freedom in choosing the courses and teachers;
•transparency+ participation in student assessment;
•access to curriculum;
•involvement / self-management activities (circles, clubs);
•involvement in activities of charity;
•Involvement in hostels’ management.
Results of practical exercises / group work
Students Message for the Rectorat
•involvement in making the decisions of the administrative board;
•making the internship in the rectorat structures;
•involvement in international seminars;
•Student Senate meetings to be held before the University Senate
meetings;
•Involvement in the development of regulations;
•control over the implementation of the decisions.
Thank you for your attention!
UNIVERSITATEA DE STAT ,,ALECU RUSSO” DIN BĂLȚI
MD 3100, str. Puskin 38, Bălți, Republica Moldova
ALECU RUSSO BALTI STATE UNIVERSITY
MD 3100, 38, Puskin street, Balti, Republic of Moldova
Contacts:
Valentina PRITCAN,
Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations
Tel. : +373 231 52 342 Fax: +373 231 52 439 GSM: +373 693 22 482