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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: xx, 217 p. : illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781137500489
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 23
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: EXPLORING THE NEW FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY MODEL; John Aubrey Douglass -- Introduction: Seeking an Alternative Narrative -- 1. How Rankings Came to Determine World Class -- 2. The Origin of the Flagship Idea and Modern Adaptions -- 3. Profiling the Flagship Model -- 4. Considering National Contexts and other Variables -- PART II: THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- 5. The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University; John N. Hawkins -- 6. Latin America Flagship Universities: From Early Notions of State Building to Seeking a Larger Role in Society; Andres Bernasconi and Daniela Veliz Calderon -- 7. Scandinavian Flagship Universities: An Appraisal of Leading National Universities in the European Context; Bjorn Stensaker and Tatiana Fumasoli -- 8. The Soviet Flagship University Model and its Contemporary Transition; Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov -- 9. Epilogue - Reflections on a New Flagship University; Manja Klemencic.
Summary: "The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities that dominate the attention of many universities, as well as government ministries. The New Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and academic cultures, and to pursue organizational features intended to expand their relevancy in the societies that give them life and purpose. In this quest, international standards of excellence focused largely on research productivity are not ignored, but are framed as only one goal towards supporting a university's productivity and larger social purpose--not as an end unto itself. Chapters by contributing authors detail the historical and contemporary role of leading national university in Asia, South America, Russia, and Scandinavia, and consider how the New Flagship model might be applied and expanded on"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and a needed 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 meaningfully expand their relevancy in the societies that gave them life and purpose"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: EXPLORING THE NEW FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY MODEL; John Aubrey Douglass -- Introduction: Seeking an Alternative Narrative -- 1. How Rankings Came to Determine World Class -- 2. The Origin of the Flagship Idea and Modern Adaptions -- 3. Profiling the Flagship Model -- 4. Considering National Contexts and other Variables -- PART II: THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- 5. The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University; John N. Hawkins -- 6. Latin America Flagship Universities: From Early Notions of State Building to Seeking a Larger Role in Society; Andres Bernasconi and Daniela Veliz Calderon -- 7. Scandinavian Flagship Universities: An Appraisal of Leading National Universities in the European Context; Bjorn Stensaker and Tatiana Fumasoli -- 8. The Soviet Flagship University Model and its Contemporary Transition; Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov -- 9. Epilogue - Reflections on a New Flagship University; Manja Klemencic.

"The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities that dominate the attention of many universities, as well as government ministries. The New Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and academic cultures, and to pursue organizational features intended to expand their relevancy in the societies that give them life and purpose. In this quest, international standards of excellence focused largely on research productivity are not ignored, but are framed as only one goal towards supporting a university's productivity and larger social purpose--not as an end unto itself. Chapters by contributing authors detail the historical and contemporary role of leading national university in Asia, South America, Russia, and Scandinavia, and consider how the New Flagship model might be applied and expanded on"-- Provided by publisher.

"The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and a needed 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 meaningfully expand their relevancy in the societies that gave them life and purpose"-- Provided by publisher.