Quotes by Henry Rosovsky

Henry Rosovsky

As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of papers published or patents received. Outsiders who swoop in to count beans and make up lists based on statistics have little sense of what excellence is.

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Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive “examination hell. “

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Moving

But, before we in America critique East Asia, we must also recognize that we are – unfortunately – taking on some of the same characteristics. Getting in the top institutions has become far more difficult and the value placed on one school over another in terms of education and careers has been much exaggerated.

America

Careers

School

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English and courses taught in English.

Japan

Korea

Taught

Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved directly in the process of running the university and in the setting of priorities.

Excellence

Priorities

Running

Harvard introduced the now famous ad hoc system whereby a group of experts in the field of the faculty member to be promoted are consulted concerning the stature of that scholar. This move made the opinion within the field, rather than the clubby relationship within the department, the determining factor in the promotion of professors.

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Moving

I draw a contrast between American shared governance with “the dictatorship of ministries” wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered by bureaucrats who have never taught a class.

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Taught

I focus on faculty, as opposed to facilities, budgets, endowments or students. I do so because I believe, based on many decades of work as a teacher, a scholar and an administrator, that the quality of the faculty determines the quality of the university. Everything else flows from the quality of the faculty. If the faculty are good, you will attract good students and you will have alumni who will raise funds for you.

Believe

Focus

Teacher

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

Art

Giving

Unique

I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you’re a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you’re in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.

Doubt

Humanity

May

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Giving

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Hands

Harvard

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Quotes by Henry Rosovsky

Henry Rosovsky

As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of papers published or patents received. Outsiders who swoop in to count beans and make up lists based on statistics have little sense of what excellence is.

Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive “examination hell. “

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English and courses taught in English.

Equally important for the promotion of excellence in the university is an emphasis on shared governance. The faculty needs to be involved directly in the process of running the university and in the setting of priorities.

I draw a contrast between American shared governance with “the dictatorship of ministries” wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered by bureaucrats who have never taught a class.

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you’re a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you’re in the humanities or social sciences, there is no doubt that it is a handicap for you.

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