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ApproachForTheAttainmentofVision10:2022

By

Atayero

ViceChancellorCovenantUniversity,Ota

TheWordofProphecyRomans9:28

Forhewill1inishthework,

andcutitshortinRighteousness:because

ashortworkwilltheLordmakeupontheearth

Management’sVisionTofulAillVision10:2022

(1-of-10-in-10)byevolving

aWorld-Class

ResearchUniversity

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Research=30%

Citation=30%

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Teaching=30%

Researchisourresponsibility

Citation+InnovationàIncomeisthereward

Teachingisourgoal

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ASSUMPTION

Vision10:2022(1-of-10-in-10)isconsideredfulAilledwhenever

CovenantattainsaTop10positioninanyreputableglobalacademicrankingoutlet,irrespectiveoftheranking

methodology.

STRATEGY

• AimfortheSunandlandontheMoon,• giventhatMoonresidesindomainTop10WCU.• This we sha l l a ccompl i sh through theinstrumentalityof‘Glocalisation’• i.e. benchmarking with established (indisputable)World Class Universities, while introducinginnovationstoaddressourlocalcontextualneeds.

CovenantUniversityintheRankingsTable1:CovenantUniversityRankings{[email protected]}

s|n UniversityRankingBody Nigeria Africa Global Remark1 Webometrics(Repository) 1 13 5802 Webometric 2 33 2,0273 ResearchGate 15 109 3,676

4 USNewsBestGlobalUniversities - - - NotRanked

5 QSWUR - - - NotRanked6 QSStar - - - NotRanked7 CWUR - - - NotRanked8 ARWU - - - NotRanked

9TimesHigherEducation(THE)RankingofWorldUniversities

- - -Close.3moreyearsofconsistentlypublishing>200papersinScopuswillgetusin.

§ Table1suggeststhat,thequalityandquantityofresearchactivitiesaswell as volume and impact of research output in CU presently isextremelylowforaninstitutionaspiringtheWCUstatus.

§ BenchmarkingwithRankingbody#9{THE}willsufAiceus:

•  ArguablythesingularmostinAluentialandhighlyreferencedRanking

•  ChangedfromWebofScience(WoS)toElsevierDatabasein2015•  Ifthemanagementcontinuestosupportpublicationpolicy,wecanenteritsrankingby2018•  CovenantisinactivepartnershipwiththeRankingbody

CovenantUniversityintheRankings

ChangesinTHEWorldUniversityRankingsETHZurich–SwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyZurichbecametheAirstnon-Anglo-

Americaninstitutiontomaketheworldrankingstop10(9thposition)Table2:ProgressionofETHZurichtothe‘Top10’LeagueInTHERankings

Institution 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016HarvardUniversity 1 2 4 2 2 6CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology 2 1 1 1 1 1MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology 3 7 5 5 6 5UniversityofStanford 4 2 3 4 4 3PrincetonUniversity 5 5 6 6 7 7OxfordUniversity 6 4 2 2 3 2UniversityofCambridge 6 6 7 7 5 4UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley 8 10 9 8 8 13ImperialCollegeLondon 9 8 8 10 9 8YaleUniversity 10 11 11 11 9 12UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles 11 13 13 12 12 16UniversityofChicago 12 9 10 9 11 10TheJohnsHopkinsUniversity 13 14 16 15 15 11CornellUniversity 14 20 18 19 19 18ETHZurich–SwissFITZ 15 15 12 14 13 9

TheadventofTHE’s‘Under-50rankings’breaksthedominanceofcenturyoldInstitutionsasclearlyshowninTable3

Table3:2016THETop10of150Under-50WorldUniversityRanking

Rank Institution Country AgeinYears{as@July,2016}

1 ÉcolePolytechniqueFédéraledeLausanne Switzerland 472 NanyangTechnologicalUniversity Singapore 253 HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology HongKong 254 MaastrichtUniversity Netherlands 405 PohangUniversityofScienceandTechnology SouthKorea 306 KoreaAdvancedInstituteofScienceandTechnology(KAIST) SouthKorea 457 UniversityofKonstanz Germany 508 KarlsruheInstituteofTechnology Germany 79 PierreandMarieCurieUniversity France 4510 ScuolaSuperioreSant’Anna Italy 29

ChangesinTHEWorldUniversityRankings

Table4:PerformanceIndicatorsofTHEWorldUniversityRanking

OverallIndicator GraphKey IndividualIndicator WUR(%) Under-50

(%)Contribution

(%)

IndustryIncomeInnovation/KnowledgeTransfer

A ResearchIncomefromIndustry(perAcademicStaff) 2.5 2.5 2.5

InternationalOutlookStaff,Student,andResearch

B RatioofInternationaltoDomesticStaff 2.5 2.57.5C RatioofInternationaltoDomesticStudents 2.5 2.5

D Internationalcollaboration 2.5 2.5

TeachingLearningEnvironment

E ReputationalSurvey(Teaching) 15 10

30F Doctoratesawarded-to-academicstaffratio 6 8G Staff-to-studentratio 4.5 6H Institutionalincome 2.25 3I Doctorate-to-bachelor’sratio 2.25 3

ResearchVolume,IncomeandReputation

J ReputationalSurvey(Research) 18 1230K ResearchIncome(Scaled) 6 9

L Researchproductivity 6 9CitationsResearchInAluence

M CitationImpact(NormalizedAverageCitationperPaper) 30 30 30

In150Under-50THEWUR,reputationcountsforlessChangesinTHEWorldUniversityRankings

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Fig.1:ChangesinTHERankingMethodologyinFavorofYoungUniversities

WUR(%)

150Under-50(%)


§ THE Under 50 Rankings use the same 13 performanceindicatorsasWorldUniversityRankings,butgivelessweightto reputation and more to research productivity andincome

§ Universities are excluded from the150Under-50 if theydonot teach undergraduates or if their research outputamounted to fewer than 1,000 articles between 2010 and2014(200ayear)


§ DynamicnatureofTHE150Under50Ranking• Designed to celebrate the achievements of younginstitutionsthathavemadeabigimpactontheworldstageinyearsratherthancenturies,andtohighlightfuturerisingstars• Thisyear,3membersoflastyear’stop10(UC,Irvineand UC, Santa Cruz, as well as the University ofWarwick), were eliminated because they were allfoundedin1965


1.  Transition from a predominantly teaching university to aresearchuniversity

2.  Proper leadership and vision can drastically improve thequalityofteachingandresearchinexistingresearchuniversities.

3.  A faster and more effective approach to achieving world-classstatusisbystartingnewInstitutionsif thefollowingconditionsarepresentfromthestart:• Availabilityofacademictalent;• AvailabilityofAinancialresources;• Responsiblegovernance:particularlyautonomyandacademicfreedom

ApproachestoAchievingWCUStatus

Table5:CorrelationAnalysisofPerformanceBreakdownofETHZurichoverSix(6)Years

Teaching InternationalOutlook Research Citation Industry

Income Overall

Teaching 1InternationalOutlook -0.1298 1

Research 0.1333 0.2498 1Citation -0.0018 0.7027 0.5932 1IndustryIncome -0.9367 0.6880 0.3889 0.7688 1Overall 0.3949 0.4873 0.8487 0.8358 0.6183 1

ReCITeApproachforRealizationofVision10:2022•  TransitiontoafullResearchUniversitywithinAive(5)years

•  ETHZurich–SwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyZurich’soutstandingperformanceinthe2016THEWURwaschieAlydrivenbystrongresearchincomeanditsresearchinAluencescores.

ReCITeApproachforRealizationofVision10:2022•  TransitiontoafullResearchUniversitywithinAive(5)years

•  ETHZurich–SwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyZurich’soutstandingperformanceinthe2016THEWURwaschieAlydrivenbystrongresearchincomeanditsresearchinAluencescores.

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Fig.2:PerformanceBreakdownofETHZurichScoresonTHERankingsoverSix(6)Years

Teaching InternationalOutlook Research Citation IndustryIncome Overall

§ StrategicLessonsFromETHZurich• NurturingStaffandStudents• Encouragingautonomythrougha“lean”Mgt.System• Providingresourcestoenableresearcherstocomeupwith“new,riskyideas”

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§ LessonsFromPohangUniversityofScienceandTechnology’srisetoglobalexcellenceinjustthreedecadesare:• Only320studentsadmittedannually• Continuousrecruitmentandretentionofworld-classscientistsandengineers;• Veryrobustendowment:• POSCO,oneoftheworld’slargeststeelcompanies

• Cutting-edgeresearchinfrastructureandenvironment• Advancedresearchandprovidinghigh-qualityeducationtodedicatedtop-classtalentwithaclearvision


§ Sourcing World-Class Research Scholars for identiAiedNicheprogrammes• Goodtrackrecordofsourcingandwinninggrants• PreferablyofNigerianorigin• EliteProfessorswithallthenecessaryaccolades• Notnecessarilywithimmediaterelocation• VisitCUonceinayearforaminimumofthree(3)months


§ Settingprocedure toensure thatwithin Aive(5)years,aconsiderablepartoftheuniversityrevenuecomesfromgrantswonbyFaculty• Afterbreakingintothetop200lastyear,Russia’snumberone– Lomonosov Moscow State University – now sits in joint161st, largely because of increases in industry incomeandresearchincomepermemberofstaff


§ DeliberatelymaintainsmallsizewithagradualdecreaseintheUGstudentpopulation• Postgraduate-to-Undergraduateratioof2:1inthree(3)years• RippleeffectsonIndustryincomeandpatents• Extremelyselectivestudentenrollmentpolicy• Admission of only best brains by benchmarking with current WCUstandards• Re-de1initionofPostgraduateprogrammetoconformtoWCUbestpractices,especiallyintheadmissionprocess•  Introduction of GRE/GMAT level assessment as admissionrequirement


§ GradualrealizationofanoverallStudent:StaffRatio(SSR)of7:1acrossallprogrammes• Strictadherencetoestablishedgradingpolicy• PeggingofUndergraduateintakefromnextacademicsession• StrictadherencetoallestablishedSenatedecisionsonpromotion(orotherwise)


§ Extremelyselectiveacademicrecruitmentandprogressionpolicy

§ ScientiAicidentiAicationanddevelopmentofCovenant’scoreareasofnaturalcompetenciestocreateanichefortheuniversity


§ Increasingthevisibilityandaccessibilityofcreated/acquiredknowledge•  Tables4,6,7show‘Researchindicators’effectonTHEWURtheranking

Table6:CorrelationAnalysisofPerformanceBreakdownofTHETop150in2016

Teaching InternationalOutlook Research Citation IndustryIncome Overall

Teaching 1InternationalOutlook -0.0483 1Research 0.8822 0.0602 1Citation 0.2950 0.0349 0.2306 1IndustryIncome 0.0967 -0.0500 0.1626 -0.2152 1Overall 0.9196 0.1471 0.9260 0.5207 0.1015 1


§  Australiadidalottoimproveitsuniversitiesinthepast5yearsby1.   increasingresearchfunding2.   attractingtopresearchersfromallovertheworld

§  RMITUniversity,UniversityofCanberraandUniversityofSouthernQueenslandenteredthelistof2016THERankingfortheAirsttime

Table7:CorrelationAnalysisofPerformanceBreakdownofTop150Under-50in2016 Teaching International

OutlookResearch Citation Industry

IncomeOverall

Teaching 1InternationalOutlook

-0.1350 1

Research 0.5971 0.0899 1Citation -0.0106 0.0792 -0.0813 1IndustryIncome 0.4342 -0.0621 0.6277 0.0739 1Overall 0.6359 0.2355 0.6997 0.5867 0.5501 1


• Increasingresearchvisibilityandaccessibility• Elasticbudgetforhighimpact,openaccess(OA)publications•  SponsorshipofconferenceswithScopus/WoKOAProceedings• Discouragingsubmissionofarticlestosubscription-onlypublicationoutlets• UploadingofallCU-hostedconferencestouniversityrepositorywithCCOALicense• EducatingFacultyonproperoutletsfordisseminationofgroundbreakingresearchAindings

•  Setupaunitsaddledwithconference/workshoporganization


• Increasingresearchvisibilityandaccessibility• ElasticbudgetforpublishinginhighimpactOpenAccessjournals•  SponsorshipofconferenceswithScopus/WoKindexedOpenAccessProceedings• Discouragingsubmissionofarticlestosubscription-onlypublicationoutlets• UploadingofallCU-hostedconferencestouniversityrepositorywithCCOpenAccessLicense• EducatingFacultyonproperoutletsfordisseminationofgroundbreakingresearchAindings•  Setupaunitsaddledwithconference/workshoporganization


• RevisitingtheAppointmentandPromotioncriteriawithaviewtoenhancingtherewardofresearchexcellence• CreationofspecialsectionforpurelyresearchProfessors• EnhancingcollaborationswithWCUs


• Transitionfromclassicinstructionalpedagogytoproblem-basedlearning(PBL)pedagogyapproach• Maastricht University (4th in THE 150 Under 50 rankings)attributes its success to its problem-based learningstrategy,modelledontheapproachatCanada’sMcMasterUniversityü Studentsare“motivatedtolearn”andwill“challenge”theirtutors


• Regularcapacitybuildingeventsforthemanagementteam• Promotingfundamentalandcuriosity-drivenexploration• Re-invigorationofuniversity’sendowmentdrive• e.g.totheformerCentreforWealthCreation

• Identifyingkeyareasonwhichtoconcentratetheuniversity’sresearchandresources


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