Presentation of Manifesto of

Prof. Tawatchai Tingsanchali

For Position of Vice President

For Education, AIT

22 August 2005

AIT Faculty/Staff

Academic Program Classroom

&Teaching Facility

Research Facility

Support Units

Student Applications

Support from Donors,

Partners, Individuals

Alumni Support

Doctoral, Master & other

Graduates

Technical Publications

Projects &Training Outputs

Collaborations with other Institutions

AIT, Its Inputs and Outputs

NETWORKING &PARTNERSHIP

INTERDISCIPLINARY

INTER-NATIONALITY

UNIQUENESS OF AIT

SERD

SCE

SAT

SOM SOME

SCE

SET

SSDSSD

Restructuring 4 Schools into 3 Schools

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Remarks on Academic Restructuring

• One of the main rationale is to balance the school sizes, sharing of knowledge and resources.

• SERD is the largest school and received much more budget than SAT, SCE and SOM

• In restructuring, SAT and SCE are combined into a new school SET.

• SSD is mainly SERD and is still the largest school.

• SOME is practically SOM

• There is no other major change. The number of schools is reduced from 4 to 3. There will be few departments in each school.

• More effort is required to increase interaction among the schools for sustainability

1. to develop multi- or inter-disciplinary programs and innovative research topics.

2. to share knowledge and resources to increase stability and sustainability of AIT.

3. to increase the significance of restructuring.

Remarks on Academic Restructuring (cont)

Trouble

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School A

School A

Sustainability of A Stand Alone School

Sustainability of Schools and AIT through interdisciplinary program and Mutual Support

SSD

SET SOME

Interdisciplinary Program

Interdisciplinary ProgramInterdisciplinary

Program

Problems on Long Term Development of Academic Program at AIT

• AIT Annual Budget Changes from Year to Year

• Changing Needs of Donors and Clients

• Academic Development depends on Interests of Donors and Clients

• Lack of Commitment of Long Term Development

Proposed Solutions on Long Term Development

• Development of basic courses of subjects is necessary

• Assemble traditional basic courses plus some tailor made-courses to form academic program that meets client needs.

• If this client need of this academic program lasts long, the program can be converted to long term academic program

Academic calendar of AIT (cont)

Problems and Needs for Improvement• Semester system performance has to be reviewed and improved as

needed

• Existing one intake per year does not allow student application until next year

• Having two intakes per year in some schools would provide more opportunity to apply and more applications.

• Tuition and fees and management of fellowships should be reviewed and revised

• Number of student intakes and of enrolled students must be checked as now AIT has more students (almost 2000) but with less revenue.

• Sharing of revenue to schools should be on win- win basis

Academic calendar of AIT

1959-1974 AIT was based on semester system as Chulalongkorn University

1975-2002 AIT changed from semester to trimester system with staggered intakes due to insufficient dormitory space and facilities

2003-present AIT changes from trimester to semester with only one intake per year for the following reasons

1. To match academic calendar with most of universities in USA, Europe and Asia under semester system

2. To allow more exchanged students from Europe and other universities to enter AIT at the start of semesters.

3. To provide more time for faculty members to concentrate in research and consultancy works.

Academic Curriculum Certification

• Encourage all schools to accredit course curriculum with well know institutions

• The outcome of accreditation will lead to systematic improvement and maintenance of the course curriculum

• Internal and external evaluation team may be utilized to have overall checking of school curriculum and academic administration

Evaluation and Promotion Criteria

• To be reviewed and revised regularly especially those newly implemented such as that of faculty in relation to the Bye laws

• Academic Senate, Committees of Staff and students must work closely with the administration to correct or improve any arising problems in time especially during this financial crisis

Assessment of Individual Faculty /staff Performance and Interaction with others

Individual faculty

Students

Partners

Sponsors

Commu-nity Collea-

gues

Collabo-rators

Admissions

• Excellent students must be awarded full scholarships

• Academic curriculum should consider students internship with industries for more practical aspects

• Fellowship offering should be done effectively on basis of break even cost and revenue analysis

“It is my esteem privilege to have an opportunity to

serve as Vice President for

Education of AIT”

With my best wishes and

sincere thanks.