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

"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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Other Authors: Liu, Nian Cai. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cheng, Ying. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wang, Qi. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Global Perspectives on Higher Education
Subjects:
Education.
Education, general.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-773-3
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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