DEVELOPING STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSITY RECTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL RENOVATION

University rectors play an important role in leading and administrating universities, ensuring quality of training and scientific research, developing the trained areas to meet social demands and making contribution to the success of higher education renovation and international intergration. The article discusses about the development of standards for Vietnamese university rectors in the context of higher education renovation. The author proposes standards for university rectors including 6 standards and 26 criteria. The standards are: 1/ political quality and professional conduct (with 4 criteria); 2/ Professional ability, pedagogical knowledge (with 3 criteria); 3/ Competencies in scientific research and technological transfer (with 4 criteria); 4/Competencies in university leadership (with 4 criteria); 5/ Competencies in university administration and management; 6/ Competencies in social activities, international integration and provision of scientific and tecnological services (with 3 criteria). The rector standards are important foundation on which the managers at different level could assess, assign, train, re-train the rectors in an effective manner. The standards, at the same time, are basis on which the rectors try to perfect themselves aiming to meet their new tasks in the context of higher education renovation and international integration.