Professorial criteria in Vietnam

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Loc V. Vo, L. Nguyen, Ut V. Le

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Professorial promotion within the university is decisive for the success of both scientific research and higher education. Vietnam has 235 universities, but their quality has been questioned; and very few of them are recognized in prestigious world university rankings. This paper studies professorial promotion at universities in Vietnam using the professorial criteria issued by the national government in 2012. For comparison, the professorial criteria of Malaysian universities, also issued in 2012, are measured against those of Vietnam. Differences in the criteria of these two countries provide proofs that convincingly explain variance in higher education achievements. The paper proposes that important aspects of professorial criteria from Malaysia should be taken into account by policy makers when upgrading similar criteria for Vietnam. The quality of university graduates in Vietnam has been criticized and the portion of unemployed graduates has steadily been increased; therefore, reconsidering professorial criteria is unavoidable if Vietnam is to improve its higher education standard.

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