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Matching Visibility and Performance

A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities

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Editors:
  1. Nian Cai Liu

    1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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  2. Ying Cheng

    1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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  3. Qi Wang

    1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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  • This book provides updated and ongoing analyses on recent global trends in the world-class university movement
  • This book collects views and experiences from university leaders, practitioners as well as academics on how to make a university globally visible and locally engaged
  • This book is a useful read for students and academics in higher education generally, in addition to policy makers and informed practitioners

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education (GPHE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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    1. Matching Visibility and Performance

      • Nian Cai Liu, Ying Cheng, Qi Wang
      Pages 1-5

  3. Global Reflection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Excellence Strategies and the Creation of World-Class Universities

      • Jamil Salmi
      Pages 15-48

    3. Towards World-Class Systems

      • Simon Marginson
      Pages 49-65

    4. World-Class Universities in an Age of Slow Growth

      • Alex Usher
      Pages 67-89

    5. The Role of Universities in Society

      • Bernd Huber
      Pages 91-99

  4. National Reactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Transformation of University Governance through Internationalization

      • Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Yukiko Shimmi
      Pages 103-118

    3. China’s Higher Education in Global Perspective

      • Marijk Van Der Wende, Jiabin Zhu
      Pages 119-137

    4. Research Universities for National Rejuvenation and Global Influence

      • Gerard A. Postiglione
      Pages 139-156

  5. Institutional Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Trading Between Visibility and Performance at Global and Local Levels

      • Laurent Buisson
      Pages 159-178

    3. Global Visibility and Local Engagement: Can They Go Together?

      • Maria Yudkevich
      Pages 179-188

    4. A University for the Tropics

      • Chris Cocklin, Bradley Smith
      Pages 189-201

    5. Developing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Graduates

      • Seeram Ramakrishna, Arun S. Mujumdar
      Pages 203-214

    6. Exploring the Linkage Between Rankings and Strategic Planning

      • Yang Zhang
      Pages 215-223

    7. The Role of Universities, The Rise of Rankings, and Internationalization

      • Tony Chan, Michael Fung, Natalie Chang
      Pages 225-242

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 243-258
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About this book

"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."






Editors and Affiliations

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

    Nian Cai Liu, Ying Cheng, Qi Wang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Matching Visibility and Performance

  • Book Subtitle: A Standing Challenge for World-Class Universities

  • Editors: Nian Cai Liu, Ying Cheng, Qi Wang

  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-773-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-773-3Published: 25 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 258

  • Topics: Education, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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