Making Universities More Productive
Summary
Nepali universities are being criticized for rigid recruitment and promotion policies that overvalue international journal articles while undervaluing teaching, service, and locally relevant scholarship. The column argues that higher education should reward a wider ecosystem of knowledge production aligned with each university’s mission and national needs.
Key Points
- The article argues that universities should value many forms of scholarship, not just international journal articles.
- It says rigid promotion and recruitment rules in Nepali universities are copying older models and ignoring diverse institutional missions.
- The author criticizes incentives that reward publication counts and rankings over teaching, service, and local knowledge needs.
- The piece warns that a unified testing and licensure approach could make faculty hiring and academic excellence more narrow and less effective.
