Building world-class universities : different approaches to a shared goal / edited by Qi Wang, Ying Cheng, and Nian Cai Liu.

Within higher education, world-class universities are commonly regarded as elite research universities and play a critical role in developing a nation's competitiveness in the global knowledge economy. An increasing number of countries, regions and higher education institutions in different par...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Wang, Qi, 1979-, Cheng, Ying (Professor of Education), Liu, Nian Cai
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : SensePublishers, ©2013.
Series:Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • Building World-Class Universities / Qi Wang, Ying Cheng, Nian Cai Liu
  • Building World-Class Universities from a National/Regional Perspective. Different Roads to a Shared Goal / Simon Marginson
  • The Impact of Excellence Initiatives in Taiwan Higher Education / Yung-Chi Hou, Martin Ince, Chung-Lin Chiang
  • World-Class Universities / Nikolay Skvortsov, Olga Moskaleva, Julia Dmitrieva
  • Managing World-Class Universities from an Institutional Perspective. Making a Strong University Stronger / Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen
  • An Excellence Initiative in Liberal Arts and Science Education / Marijk van der Wende
  • Policies on Building World-Class Universities in Saudi Arabia / Sadiq M. Sait
  • Evaluating World-Class Universities from a Ranking/Indicator Perspective. World University Rankings and the Consequent Reactions of Emerging Nations / Seeram Ramakrishna
  • Global Benchmarking and Partner Selection using World University Rankings and Classifications / Freya Mearns, Tony Sheil
  • Rational and Constructive use of Rankings / Danie Visser, Marilet Sienaert
  • World-Class University and Asia's Top Tier Researchers / Gerard A. Postiglione, Jisun Jung
  • The Global Institutional Profiles Project / Simon M. Pratt
  • The Ranking Web and the "World-Class" Universities / Isidro F. Aguillo, Enrique Orduña-Malea.