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CHAPTER EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THEl970's

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.