Paths to a World-Class University

Cover......Page 1
Global Perspectives on Higher Eduation 23......Page 3
Paths to a World-Class University......Page 4
ISBN: 9789460913549 (hardback)......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY?......Page 10
PATHS TO TRANSFORMATION......Page 12
THE CHALLENGES OF ESTABLISHING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES......Page 14
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS VOLUME......Page 15
The Role of World-Class Universities in National Systems......Page 16
Institutional Practices of Building World-Class Universities......Page 17
NOTES......Page 18
REFERENCES......Page 19
SECTION I:
THE ROLE OF WORLD-CLASS
UNIVERSITIES IN NATIONAL SYSTEMS......Page 20
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
GLOBAL STRATEGIES OF UNIVERSITIES......Page 27
WORLD-CLASS GLOBAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES (WCGRU)......Page 28
Sources of the Imagination......Page 31
Understandings of Globalization......Page 32
The Global Higher Education Sector......Page 34
Relational Geographies......Page 36
People Mobility Issues......Page 37
ACTS OF REGULATION......Page 39
Global Public Goods......Page 42
CONCLUSIONS......Page 43
REFERENCES......Page 45
INTRODUCTION......Page 48
THE CHANGING CONTEXT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH......Page 50
There is a Coincidence of Greater Community Needs, Greater Technical Capacities,and Greater Social Expectations (but not Necessarily Greater Resources)......Page 54
Long-Term Research (both Basic and Applied) is Moving out of Enterprises and into Universities and Clusters of Universities with......Page 55
Horizontal Differences among Higher Education Institutions are Blurring, and Vertical Differences are becoming more Stratified......Page 56
Mass Higher Education Enables Customization......Page 57
In the Distributed Knowledge Society Universities are Permeable and Stable Organizations......Page 58
ELITE UNIVERSITIES PAST AND PRESENT......Page 59
Characteristics of Contemporary Elite Universities......Page 63
Activity and output characteristics.......Page 64
THE NEED TO CONCENTRATE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES IN ELITE UNIVERSITIES......Page 65
The Difficulties of Differentiation......Page 67
Arguments against Special Treatment for Elite Institutions......Page 70
Increased Autonomy and Operational Flexibility for Institutions......Page 74
Performance-based Funding......Page 75
Structural Designation......Page 76
Mission-based Funding Negotiations......Page 77
Contributing to Inclusiveness......Page 78
International Partnerships......Page 79
NOTES......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 82
INTRODUCTION......Page 86
POLICY BACKGROUND......Page 88
SELECTION CRITERIA......Page 89
SELECTION RESULTS......Page 91
THE “WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY” POLICY IN QUESTION......Page 92
CONCLUSION......Page 98
REFERENCES......Page 99
EVOLUTION OF THE ROMANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM......Page 102
SHIFTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITIES’ MISSIONS AND STRATEGIES......Page 107
ELITE UNIVERSITIES? FROM EGALITARIAN PERSPECTIVES TOWARDS A PERFORMANCE BASED APPROACH FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS......Page 111
CONCLUSIONS......Page 118
NOTES......Page 121
REFERENCES......Page 122
INTERNET WEBSITES......Page 123
COLOMBIA: THE BACKGROUND FOR UNDERSTANDING HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 126
WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES: WHAT ARE THEY, AND WHY BUILD ONE IN COLOMBIA?......Page 129
THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA: ITS CONTEXT AND ITS CHALLENGES......Page 130
Quality Assurance......Page 131
Research Excellence......Page 135
Financial Support......Page 138
TOWARDS BECOMING A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY: THE STRATEGY OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA......Page 139
REFERENCES......Page 143
RATIONALE AND KEY PRINCIPLES......Page 144
A CRITICAL STANCE TOWARDS EXISTING GLOBAL RANKINGS......Page 146
THE NEED FOR DIVERSIFICATION......Page 147
DIVERSITY: A FACT OF LIFE IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 148
EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION: A YOUNG AND STILL FRAGMENTED REALITY......Page 150
IMPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PATTERNS OF COOPERATION AND COMPETITION......Page 151
REFERENCES......Page 153
SECTION II:
INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES OF BUILDING
WORLD CLASS-UNIVERSITIES......Page 156
THE ISSUE OF GOVERNANCE......Page 158
THE CONTEST FOR CONTROL......Page 160
SECURING GREATER AUTONOMY......Page 162
REFORMING TUITION POLICY......Page 163
INCREASING ACCESS AND DIVERSITY......Page 165
INCREASING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT......Page 167
MANAGING THE ONGOING ECONOMIC CRISIS......Page 169
ADDENDUM: WHERE WE HAVE FAILED......Page 174
REFERENCES......Page 176
THE MISSIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDE I......Page 178
THE 2007 ACADEMIC RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES......Page 179
IS THE UYI A POTENTIAL WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY?......Page 180
The points tackled by the SDP.......Page 181
The guiding principles and strategic axes of the SDP.......Page 182
Quality Teaching and Quality Research at the UYI......Page 183
Malaria project activities.......Page 185
Summary of the project.......Page 186
The reception of foreign delegations.......Page 187
The Faculty of Science (FS).......Page 188
Innovations as an Elite University in Cameroon and the Sub-region......Page 189
The future creation of a University Free Zone.......Page 190
The virtual universities.......Page 191
NOTES......Page 193
REFERENCES......Page 194
CHALLENGES IN A GLOBAL WORLD......Page 196
Recruit the Best Students......Page 197
Develop Strategic Partnerships......Page 199
Improve the Management of Universities......Page 200
ON ORGANIZATIONS, STRUCTURES AND MANAGEMENT......Page 201
Structural Reorganization Break Departmental Barriers......Page 203
Development of a Structured Doctoral School......Page 206
REFERENCES......Page 211
FOCUSSING RESEARCH WHY DO IT?......Page 214
FOCUSSING RESOURCES WHAT CAN BE FOCUSSED?......Page 215
Policy and Funding Context in Australia......Page 216
Flinders University within the Australian Higher Education System......Page 217
Focussing Research at Flinders University......Page 218
Funding the Areas of Strategic Research Investment......Page 220
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 221
REFERENCES......Page 222
INTRODUCTION......Page 224
EMERGING KNOWLEDGE BASE IN ASIA: THE CASE OF SINGAPORE......Page 225
Institutional Structure......Page 229
Student Enrolment and Faculty 1980–2008......Page 230
THE NUS’s IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY......Page 241
The NUS Entrepreneurship Centre.......Page 242
CONCLUSION......Page 245
NOTES......Page 249
REFERENCES......Page 254
THE SHIFT TO MULTILATERALISM......Page 256
THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY......Page 257
TRANSLATING VISION: TIGHT MULTILATERALISM......Page 259
INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING......Page 260
PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES......Page 261
BUILDING A CULTURE OF INTERNATIONAL QUALITY......Page 263
Innovation......Page 264
NOTES......Page 265
INTRODUCTION......Page 266
THE STATUS OF THE UNMC IN THE 1990S, PREVIOUS MISSION AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE NEW CHANCELLOR IN 1998......Page 267
THE UNMC NEW VISION, MISSION AND VALUES......Page 268
2009 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat......Page 269
2007 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat and Follow-up......Page 271
2006 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat and its Outcomes Today......Page 272
2005 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat and its Outcomes......Page 273
2004 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat and its Outcomes......Page 274
GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND EFFORT: BECOMING A WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTION REQUIRES WORLD-CLASS PARTNERS......Page 276
NOTES......Page 280
INTRODUCTION......Page 282
THE UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE IN CONTEXT......Page 283
THE NEED TO DEVELOP A QUALITY CULTURE......Page 284
THE CONCEPT OF QUALITY CULTURE......Page 285
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY CULTURE......Page 286
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS......Page 288
AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE......Page 290
CONCLUSION......Page 291
REFERENCES......Page 292
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY (KAU)......Page 294
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT......Page 295
ICT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN KAU MANAGEMENT......Page 296
Building University Culture......Page 297
Accreditation and Quality......Page 298
CONCLUSION AND LESSONS TO SHARE......Page 299
REFERENCES......Page 300
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 302