Identity of the University Rector: Academician vs Administrator
https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2022.01.005
Abstract
The presented article discusses the issues of involvement of university leaders in academic activities. The relevance of this problem lies in the fact that at the present day an active transformation of the roles performed by the head of the university is taking place. On the one hand, the traditional rector’s role format, expressed in the formula «first among equals», is in a state of constant and radical changes today. A particularly significant role in this process is played by the managerialization of university management and the resulting approaches to attract managers from other fields of activity to the rectors’ posts. They can be from government, business or public organizations. On the other hand, those university rectors, who came to the management system from academic environment, nowadays, as a rule, remain in the professional cohort of managers and rarely return to academic activities. In this regard, research issues arise: how do university leaders identify themselves and which community values are a priority to them? The authors of the article analyze the results of scientific activities of the heads of the country’s leading universities over the past 5 years. Based on the obtained data, a typology of preserving academic identity of university leaders at the present stage has been developed. Hypotheses for further transformation of the managerial and academic roles of Russian universities’ rectors have been formulated.
The article may be of interest to universities’ leading employees.
About the Authors
O. B. Tomilin
National Research Mordovia State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Physical Chemistry Chair
+7 834 247-99-24
68 Bolshevistskaya st., Saransk, 430005, Russian Federation
A. K. Klyuev
Ural Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chair holder of UNESCO Chair in University management and planning
+7 343 371-10-03
19 Mira st., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation
A. P. Bagirova
Ural Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. hab. (Economics), PhD (Sociology), Professor, Professor of the Chair of Sociology and Technologies of Public Administration
+7 343 371-10-03
19 Mira st., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation
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Tomilin O.B., Klyuev A.K., Bagirova A.P. Identity of the University Rector: Academician vs Administrator. University Management: Practice and Analysis. 2022;26(1):68-81. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2022.01.005
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