Vietnam: Current Debates on the Transformation of Academic Institutions

Ca, Tran Ngoc; Hung, Nguyen Vo

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“…Businesses own a very small number of R&D centres, only 5.3% of the total number of research organizations. Research institutes and centres from Vietnamese universities constitute just 11.1% of the total number of research organizations (Ca and Hung 2010).…”

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Key Problems in Organizing and Structuring University Research in Vietnam: The Lack of an Effective Research “Behaviour Formalization” System

Nguyen

Meek

2016

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A research office is created at all of the four universities. The roles of a research office are described generally in the University Regulations (Thủ tướng Chính phủ 2010) and more specifically in 'Regulations for Operating Science and Technology Activities' (Quy chế hoạt động khoa học và công nghệ) 4 at two of the four universities. This office is expected to exercise all of the four functions of management classified by : planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Firstly, the planning tasks cover: developing both strategic and operational plans for research development and technology transfer; facilitating the application of research results into practice; actively facilitating partnerships with both international and local research institutions and industries. Secondly, the organizing function includes: developing regulations on university research management; advising the rector on allocating institutional research projects; and organizing institutional-level research seminars and conferences. Thirdly, the leading role is demonstrated through guiding researchers to follow appropriate administrative procedures and supporting them to complete their projects on time. Finally, the controlling tasks consist of keeping a record of all research projects undertaken by university staff; monitoring the progress of their projects; establishing committees and organizing meetings to assess research project outcomes; and holding an annual meeting to evaluate the university's yearly research performance and to celebrate researchers' achievements in research.

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Section: An Overview Of the Science And Technology System In Vietnammentioning

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Key Problems in Organizing and Structuring University Research in Vietnam: The Lack of an Effective Research “Behaviour Formalization” System

Nguyen

Meek

2016

Minerva

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“…As a result, in addition to their team, businesses have gradually cooperated with experts and scientists at research institutes and universities to solve businessdevelopment problems (Ha-Linh, 2020). This reflects a change compared to about one decade ago when partnerships between businesses and Vietnamese institutions of higher education and research institutes were rare (Fatseas, 2010;Ca & Hung, 2011). It is also worth noting that although academics have offered enterprises assistance with business development, there is generally a lack of funding for academic research from the business sector ).…”

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2021

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Cambodia uses a 'discouragement' strategy to manage teachers' engagement in supplying private tutoring (PT). However, previous studies have criticised teachers' professional misconduct in terms of promoting tutoring classes to ensure supplementary income. Currently, examination reforms alongside economic growth propose a new understanding of professional misconduct. Based on descriptive data from 93 students and in-depth interviews with 24 informants, who were tutees and their parents, tutors and school administrators respectively, this study found uncaring pedagogies to be a primary motivator for tutoring demand. This tended to have an association with the inadequate instructional time given to core examination subjects and implementation of the learner-based approach. Additionally, the examination reform brought positive changes in the teacher's behaviour. Although this study's findings are largely aligned with previous studies, it still sheds light on new perspectives regarding teachers' professional misconduct in Cambodia.

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“…Over the past decades, there has been a growing literature on the topic of "the third mission" of academic scholars, apart from their two traditional ones (i.e., teaching and research) (Klofsten & Jones-Evans, 2000;Ca & Hung, 2011;Wang et al, 2016). The third mission here may refer to the interaction or collaboration between universities and the industry or private sector (Davies, 2013;Galán-Muros & Plewa, 2016;Gulbrandsen & Smeby, 2005;Perkmann et al, 2013;Poliakoff & Webb, 2007), governments and policymakers (Willinsky, 2003), mass communication (Bentley & Kyvik, 2011) or virtual community (Salahshour Rad et al, 2019).…”

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The Impact of the Third Mission on Teaching and Research Performance: Evidence From Academic Scholars in an Emerging Country

Quoc

Pham³

2021

Sage Open

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Despite the plethora of empirical evidence on the associations between the third mission of academic scholars (i.e., academic engagement, academic commercialization, and public engagement) and their performance regarding two other missions (teaching and research), we have not known much about such relationships in the context of emerging countries such as Vietnam. To examine this problem, we delivered a survey with 245 Vietnamese academic scholars. Findings extracted from exploratory factor analysis revealed that the third mission of Vietnamese academic scholars might be divided into two distinct factors: (i) academic engagement and commercialization and (ii) public engagement and extra work. Subsequently, results of multiple regression revealed that while both academic engagement and commercialization, public engagement and extra work, as well as the interaction of these two factors, have positive impacts on research performance, only the second factor has a positive impact on teaching performance. This study extended the current mixed understandings on the associations among the three missions of academic scholars with evidence from an emerging country such as Vietnam. This study also provides implications for stakeholders, including policymakers, university leaders, and industry practitioners.

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Vietnam: Current Debates on the Transformation of Academic Institutions

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Key Problems in Organizing and Structuring University Research in Vietnam: The Lack of an Effective Research “Behaviour Formalization” System

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