Matching Visibility and Performance : A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities /
Matching Visibility and Performance : A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities /
Nian Cai Liu, Ying Cheng, Qi Wang.
- 1 online resource.
- Global Perspectives on Higher Education; v. 35 Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001 .
- Global Perspectives on Higher Education 35. Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Matching Visibility and Performance / Excellence Strategies and the Creation of World-Class Universities / Towards World-Class Systems / World-Class Universities in an Age of Slow Growth / The Role of Universities in Society / Transformation of University Governance through Internationalization / China’s Higher Education in Global Perspective / Research Universities for National Rejuvenation and Global Influence / Trading between Visibility and Performance at Global and Local Levels / Global Visibility and Local Engagement: Can They Go Together? / 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 / Global Perspectives On Higher Education / Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Jamil Salmi -- Simon Marginson -- Alex Usher -- Bernd Huber -- Akiyoshi Yonezawa and Yukiko Shimmi -- Marijk van der Wende and Jiabin Zhu -- Gerard A. Postiglione -- Laurent Buisson -- Maria Yudkevich -- Chris Cocklin and Bradley Smith -- Seeram Ramakrishna and Arun S. Mujumdar -- Yang Zhang -- Tony Chan , Michael Fung and Natalie Chang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and 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 of such universities is high on the policy agenda of various stakeholders worldwide, in both developed and developing countries and regions, and at both national and institutional levels, to promote their global competitiveness. Visibility and performance are among the most watched concepts in relation to develop WCUs, but remain complicated in nature and with no agreed upon definitions. Existing literature have focused on how to raise universities’ prestige, status, impact and rankings in the global and regional arena on the one hand, and how to enhance universities’ quality, efficiency, effectiveness and academic output on the other. However, whether visibility is a legitimate indicator of performance, or vice versa, is yet to be answered. Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities provides insights of developing academic excellence from global, national and institutional perspectives, and intends to stimulate discussion on how universities can be ‘globally visible and locally engaged’ and how visibility and performance can be integrated and balanced in practice.
9789463007733
10.1007/978-94-6300-773-3 DOI
Education and globalization.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
Higher education and state.
Education.
General education.
LC67.6
338.43378
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Matching Visibility and Performance / Excellence Strategies and the Creation of World-Class Universities / Towards World-Class Systems / World-Class Universities in an Age of Slow Growth / The Role of Universities in Society / Transformation of University Governance through Internationalization / China’s Higher Education in Global Perspective / Research Universities for National Rejuvenation and Global Influence / Trading between Visibility and Performance at Global and Local Levels / Global Visibility and Local Engagement: Can They Go Together? / 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 / Global Perspectives On Higher Education / Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Jamil Salmi -- Simon Marginson -- Alex Usher -- Bernd Huber -- Akiyoshi Yonezawa and Yukiko Shimmi -- Marijk van der Wende and Jiabin Zhu -- Gerard A. Postiglione -- Laurent Buisson -- Maria Yudkevich -- Chris Cocklin and Bradley Smith -- Seeram Ramakrishna and Arun S. Mujumdar -- Yang Zhang -- Tony Chan , Michael Fung and Natalie Chang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang -- Nian Cai Liu , Ying Cheng and Qi Wang.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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 of such universities is high on the policy agenda of various stakeholders worldwide, in both developed and developing countries and regions, and at both national and institutional levels, to promote their global competitiveness. Visibility and performance are among the most watched concepts in relation to develop WCUs, but remain complicated in nature and with no agreed upon definitions. Existing literature have focused on how to raise universities’ prestige, status, impact and rankings in the global and regional arena on the one hand, and how to enhance universities’ quality, efficiency, effectiveness and academic output on the other. However, whether visibility is a legitimate indicator of performance, or vice versa, is yet to be answered. Matching Visibility and Performance: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities provides insights of developing academic excellence from global, national and institutional perspectives, and intends to stimulate discussion on how universities can be ‘globally visible and locally engaged’ and how visibility and performance can be integrated and balanced in practice.
9789463007733
10.1007/978-94-6300-773-3 DOI
Education and globalization.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
Higher education and state.
Education.
General education.
LC67.6
338.43378