(3) The Basic Guidelines for the Reform of Higher Education
7. Size of Institutions of Higher Education and Rationalization of Administrative and Managerial Organization
Institutions of higher education should avoid becoming too large
simply as a means of meeting managerial needs or to become self-sufficient research
institutions. They should be of such a size as to allow optimal coherent functioning
as an educational institution. For the benefit of research, exchanges between
institutions of higher education and research institutes should be encouraged
by developing close relationships and co-operation between them.
The administration and management of institutions of higher
education should avoid allowing internal organizations to exert sectional pressures.
Integrated and efficient teaching and research should be protected from various
external and internal influences. Also necessary is a structure in which administrative
operation can take place without interference in the institutions' initiative
and self-government. Regarding matters affecting the entire campus, such as administrative,
financial and personnel problems and students affairs, more emphasis should be
given to the planning, co-ordinating and evaluative activities of the central
administrative organ, as headed by the president and vice-president. It is also
necessary to secure the appropriate participation of learned persons outside
the institutions and, on relevant problems, student opinion should be heard in
order to further improve administration and management.