Current status and solutions for innovation in university governance in the context of Vietnamese education

Governance in higher education institutions means establishing and maintaining an environment in which individuals working together in groups can function effectively and productively utilize all resources, to accomplish the set goals. Therefore, higher education institutions need to pay particular attention to building missions, vision, strategies, and goals in their administration and operating. Much attention needs to be paid to organize an effective administration, financial issues, management mechanisms, controlling operations and effectively allocating and using resources. New “products” created in universities throughout training and research can fulfill the market needs. In this article, the author presents an overview of university governance; clarifies a number of issues about university governance, the current status of university governance mechanisms and guiding documents related to university governance... From there, the article offers “some solutions” to innovate university administration in Vietnam today, in order to improve the quality of higher education in the present and the future.