| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Start-Up U -- 2. The liberal arts go global -- 3. The world's honors college: NYU Abu Dhabi -- 4. In Asia for the world: Yale-NUS College -- 5. A culture of continuous innovation: Olin College of Engineering -- 6. The intangibles of excellence: Fulbright University Vietnam -- 7. Archimedes's lever: Ashoka University -- 8. Building an African renaissance: Ashesi University -- 9. A global solution, African born: African Leadership University -- 10. Critical wisdom for the sake of the world: Minerva University -- 11. Essential categories for success in a start-up university -- 12. Shared governance and global aspirations -- 13. Conclusion: lessons learned and parting thoughts |
| Summary |
"Higher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived lack of return on investment, campus culture that is criticized for stifling debate on controversial topics, and a growing sense that the liberal arts are outmoded and irrelevant. Some observers even put higher education on the brink of death. The New Global Universities offers a counterargument, telling the story of educational leaders who have chosen not to give up on higher education but to reimagine it. The book chronicles the development and launch of eight innovative colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America, describing the combination of intellectual courage, entrepreneurial audacity, and adaptive leadership needed to invent educational institutions today"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Bryan Penprase is vice president for sponsored research and external academic relations at Soka University of America. Noah Pickus is associate provost at Duke University and dean for academic strategy at Duke Kunshan University |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- History -- 21st century
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Education, Higher.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pickus, Noah M. Jedidiah, 1964- author.
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| ISBN |
9780691231488 |
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0691231486 |
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