Title:
Between tradition and regulation: is there space for entrepreneurial behaviour in higher education?
Author:
Ian Dunn, Professor
Provost of Coventry University, UK
Published:
Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), 6 October 2022
From the blog post:
There are very good reasons for the traditions that have been built into higher education. Working in higher education, we often hold true to these traditions. The traditions are pervasive; for example, many institutions have mortar boards and a mace bearer at graduation ceremonies. In many ways, traditions reach into how we operate and administer our institutions. It is true, however, that not many of us remember why they are there, and this can sometimes constrain our thinking. Why, for example, do we persist in using the honours degree classification? A system that may have had great value and meaning when a tiny fraction of the population enrolled in higher education, but this is clearly not the reality today.