Depois de ter passado dois dias no Fórum AAC a analisar o relatório da OCDE e a nova lei da autonomia, era imperativo colocar aqui uma citação que encontrámos no dito relatório disponível aqui e com uma síntese aqui. Aí vai ela:
The election rather than the selection of the Rector.
The election rather than the selection of the Rector.
The political process which is associated with the election of the rector and the claimed consequences; these include constraints on the freedom of the Rector due to promises having been made during the campaign and to the generation of ‘opposite camps’ when an contestant is not successful. This type of concern has been addressed clearly by the former distinguished Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Henry Rosovsky (Rosovsky, 1990) ‘An elected administration…ensures that leadership is weak: those who are strong and espouse change are unlikely to be popular favourites’ and, with reference to the USA ‘..chairmen, deans, Provosts…. are appointed – not elected – and they can be dismissed. This is crucial because academic elections tend to result in weak leadership’. The fact that the Rector is invariably from the institution itself is a direct result of the elective process and contributes to the insularity of the universities.
Não soa a ditadura? Não estão mesmo a ver o governo a fazer deste relatório lei? Não é terrivelmente assustador?
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