Title The new flagship university : changing the paradigm from global ranking to national relevancy / edited by John Aubrey Douglass

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 217 pages) : illustrations Series International and development education International & development education. Contents Part I. Exploring the new flagship university model / John Aubrey Douglass -- Introduction: Seeking an alternative narrative -- How rankings came to determine world class -- The origin of the flagship idea and modern adaptations -- Profiling the new flagship model -- Considering national context and other variables -- Part II. The flagship university in global perspective. The predicament of the question for WCU status and seeking an Asian flagship university / John N. Hawkins -- Latin American flagship universities: from early notions of state building to seeking a larger role in society / Andrés Bernasconi and Dan Véliz Calderón -- Scandinavian flagship universities: an appraisal of leading national universities in the European context / Bjørn Stensaker and Tatiana Fumasoli -- The Soviet flagship university model and its contemporary transition / Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov -- Epilogue: Reflections on a new flagship university / Manja Klemenčič -- Appendix 1: Global university rankings -- Variables and weights -- Appendix 2: Assigned characteristics of a WCU -- "The challenge of creating a world class university," World Bank 2009 Summary The New Flagship University is an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities. The Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and operational features to expand their relevancy in the societies that gave them life and purpose Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Universities and colleges -- Ratings and rankings. Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. Educational leadership. EDUCATION -- Higher. Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives Educational leadership Universities and colleges -- Ratings and rankings Form Electronic book Author Douglass, John Aubrey, editor. ISBN 9781137500496 1137500492 1349576654 9781349576654

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