Dr. Khuc Thi Trang Nhung discusses raising University quality standards in the new phase

As Vietnamese higher education shifts from expanding scale to improving substantive quality, Dr. Khuc Thi Trang Nhung, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Finance – Marketing, has shared an analysis on the need to raise university quality standards, with a focus on lecturer development policies in the new phase.

In her article published in the Law and Development Journal, Dr. Nhung emphasized that improving higher education quality is an urgent requirement amid university autonomy, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, lifelong learning and growing competition for high-quality human resources.

According to the author, lecturer quality is a decisive factor in strengthening the position and competitiveness of higher education institutions. However, raising lecturer standards should not be limited to academic degrees. While a doctoral qualification remains an important indicator, university lecturers also need pedagogical capacity, research and publication skills, digital content development, responsible use of technology and AI, professional engagement, internationalization capacity and academic responsibility.

The article also pointed out several challenges in policy implementation, including gaps between policy goals and actual conditions, uneven lecturer structures, limited job-position mechanisms and a lack of transitional support for lecturers who have yet to meet new requirements.

From this perspective, Dr. Nhung proposed a flexible and phased approach to standardization, linked to job positions and institutional characteristics. Different groups of lecturers, programs and disciplines should be evaluated through suitable criteria rather than a single rigid model.

The article also cited the University of Finance – Marketing as an example of proactive adaptation. In the first six months of 2026, the University recruited and received 29 PhD holders, including 17 newly recruited doctors and 12 transferred from other units, while placing high-quality human resource development at the center of its 2021–2030 development strategy, with a vision to 2045.

Dr. Nhung affirmed that raising lecturer standards should move from simply increasing the proportion of academic degrees to developing the overall capacity of the teaching workforce. This approach will help higher education institutions improve training quality, scientific research, accreditation, innovation and international integration in the new development stage.

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