How can citizens expect long-term innovation if nation's most talented educators and researchers are treated as temporary? How can citizens build a national ecosystem of biomedical innovation if the governance system of the unuversity cannot even guarantee basic institutional support? This is not just an administrative issue. This is a national development crisis. The university model should be redesigned — structurally, ethically, and financially — to support the emerging fields that define global progress today. Biomedical engineering is not a luxury. It is the bridge between technology and health, between policy and people, between crisis and care. And yet, without permanent, well-supported academic positions, we are building this bridge with temporary scaffolding. THe university should have a VC with vision — someone who understands that these are not side programs, but nation-building platforms. Someone who can secure long-term investment, build international collaborations, and most importantly, value human capital — the minds that will train the next generation, lead research, and serve....
