Matching Visibility and Performance : : A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities /

Matching Visibility and Performance : : A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities / / edited by Nian Cai Liu, Ying Cheng, Qi Wang.

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"The concept of world-class universities (WCU) has increasingly gained popularity in the past two decades around the world. WCU are regarded as cornerstone institutions of any academic system and imperative to develop a nation’s competitiveness in the global knowledge economy. The development o...

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Superior document:Global Perspectives on Higher Education
HerausgeberIn:
Liu, Nian Cai.
Cheng, Ying (Professor of Education).
Wang, Qi.
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Language:English
Series:Global Perspectives on Higher Education
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 258 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities
  • Section I: Global Reflection
  • Excellence Strategies and the Creation of World-Class Universities
  • Towards World-Class Systems: World-Class Universities in High Participation Systems of Higher Education
  • World-Class Universities in an Age of Slow Growth
  • The Role of Universities in Society: Challenges Ahead
  • Section II: National Reactions
  • Transformation of University Governance through Internationalization: Challenges for Top Universities and Government Policies in Japan
  • China’s Higher Education in Global Perspective: Leader or Follower in the ‘World-Class’ Movement?
  • Research Universities for National Rejuvenation and Global Influence: China’s Search for a Balanced Model
  • Section III: Institutional Responses
  • Trading between Visibility and Performance at Global and Local Levels: The Example of Research Universities in France
  • Global Visibility and Local Engagement: Can They Go Together? The Case of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • A University for the Tropics
  • Developing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Graduates
  • Exploring the Linkage between Rankings and Strategic Planning
  • The Role of Universities, the Rise of Rankings, and Internationalization
  • About the Authors.

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