THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION IN VIETNAM TODAY

Abstract

Educational innovation is inevitable for the development of society, for the needs of life, and for the university's responsibility to society. For successful innovation of education, the education must be innovated fundamentally and comprehensively, with the center being on management innovation. The cause of innovation requires to be carried out holistically, in which the management by the Presidents is one of the important focuses. This article discusses the role of the Presidents in universities and solutions to building the President's leadership style in order to improve management capacity, to meet the needs of Vietnam's educational innovation in the context of current Vietnamese educational reform with the trend towards university autonomy.