Role of Academic Board in monitoring and managing

academic risk

Embracing a new normal

Academic Board Purpose

Photo by Tommy Gilligan

National Conference of Chairs of Academic Boards/Senates –

November 2013

The Purpose and Function of Academic Boards and Senates in

Australian Universities

The Board has a majority of elected members who do not hold

formal management positions within the university, and is capable

of making academic decisions, within its terms of reference, that

are independent of both the Council and University Executive

Changing university environment

Changing university environment

EY 2012 Report: University of the future -

• Democratisation of knowledge and access

• Contestability of markets and funding

• Digital technologies

• Global mobility

• Integration with industry

Streamlined Status Quo; Niche Dominators;

Transformers

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/what-will-universities-look-like-in-2030-

future-perfect

Academic governance and quality assurance

Can Academic Boards mitigate academic risk and

assure quality standards?

• Are these risks to the academics or risks to quality

educational outcomes for the students?

• Are Academic Boards serving the institution or the

students?

http://environmentalrisk.org/dont-touch-this-button/

• The overall intent of the (TEQSA) Standards is to establish a system of academic governance that will provide competent academic oversight and monitoring of all academic activities at the institutional level

• This overarching arrangement encompasses but extends beyond local monitoring of an individual course or unit of study, e.g. by subject coordinators, up to the institutional level

The system will include: • approving and (in the cases of providers with self-accrediting

authority) accrediting courses • setting (or providing advice on setting) the provider’s institutional

academic benchmarks (colloquially known as ‘academic standards’, such as success rates, required staff qualifications, etc.)

• developing and reviewing the academic policies that guide all academic activities

• providing competent institutional academic leadership • offering academic advice to corporate decision making, and • allowing for student participation in academic governance.

Applying TEQSA's risk-based approach to quality

assurance and compliance with the HE Standards

Emerging risks and opportunities

• international collaborations and partnerships

• emerging technologies and modes of delivery

• credentialing / micro-credentialing

International collaborations and partnerships

ASU is a comprehensive public research

university, measured not by whom we

exclude, but rather by whom we include and

how they succeed; advancing research and

discovery of public value; and assuming

fundamental responsibility for the economic,

social, cultural and overall health of the

communities it serves.

Arizona State University Charter

Emerging technologies and modes of delivery

FutureLearn MOOCs

Emerging technologies and modes of delivery

Emerging technologies and modes of delivery

Credentialing and micro-credentialing

Credentialing and micro-credentialing

http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Micro-Credential-Infographic_2.jpg

Connecting universities: Future models of higher education Analysing innovative models for

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka An Economist Intelligence

Unit report produced for the British Council January 2015

Embracing a new normal