THE WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITIES IN THE AMERICAN AND NATIONAL CONTEXT

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Ilona Mariuts
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
National Context ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Optimal Model ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
Academic Area

The article highlights the features of creating World Class Universities. The experience of American universities has been studied according to the California University of Los Angeles. In comparison, in the article described the steps of the Ukrainian government and the universities in the direction of creating World Class Universities in the country. The paper is devoted to the analyses of the World Class University concept as an optimal model of university in the context of modernity. The author stresses the important of conducting researches and successful internationalization as the criteria of effectiveness of academic activities. In addition, he observes university rankings as the instruments of comparison of university activities and the tools for achieving of the highest world standards in academic area.

scholarly journals Progress towards a World-Class Research University status: The case of Nanjing Agricultural University

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Wanjiru Ruth Irungu ◽  
Xiaoguang Liu ◽  
Chuyu Han ◽  
Alvin Bomer ◽  
Wambui Ann Wanjiru
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Research University ◽  
Develop World ◽  
Research Status ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities

The concept of “world-class university” has been there for some time, and everyone wants a world-class university, and no country feels it can do without one. This battle to develop world-class universities lies not only in the gained status but also in the symbolic role of such universities. Universities exist mainly for research and dissemination of knowledge, which have become critical drivers of economic growth. For this reason, world-class research universities are recognized as central institutions in the 21st century economies. This recognition comes with pressure for universities to rethink their research activities and with the need to raise their research status to that of internationally accepted world-class universities. However, in order to attain the world-class research status, there is a need to sustain the efforts being put in place at both national and university levels. This study analyzed university data over nine years, from 2008 to 2016. It examined how Nanjing Agricultural University has strived to sustain its efforts towards attaining world-class research status. The results reveal that consistency and sustainability have resulted in excellence in research and increased research production. The conclusion is that the sustainability of the efforts significantly increases research production and excellence.

scholarly journals Private Regional Universities as Alternatives to World Class Universities: Achievable Goals for Developing Nations

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Keith J. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Regional Economy ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Develop World ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
Two Sectors ◽  
Large Research

A predominant discussion in Asian higher education is the identification and value of world class universities. The pressure to develop world class universities is coming from two sectors. First, the governments themselves see a world class university as a critical prerequisite to moving innovation into the economy and thereby moving the economy ahead and also as a source of status and prestige for the country. Second, parents who are keenly aware of the best universities in the world apply pressure to have equally prestigious universities in their native countries. Although world class universities move the frontiers of knowledge ahead, and clearly help their nation by providing a source of scientists and educated professionals via their graduate schools, many students, especially undergraduates, may be better served by regional universities with emphasis on pedagogy at the undergraduate level. The purpose of this article is to propose that regional private universities provide an alternative, not a replacement, to large research universities as a meaningful investment for both the regional economy and the student.

The Future of Indian Universities

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
The Future ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities

The Indian higher education system commanded awe and respect in the ancient world. Important seats of learning like Nalanda and Takshashila attracted the best students and academics from across the globe. Unfortunately, over a period of time, our higher education system lost its global competitiveness. This is exemplified by the fact that not many Indian higher education institutions feature in the annual world university rankings like the Times Higher Education World University Rankings or the QS World University Rankings. At the same time, India’s aspirations to establish world-class universities have never been greater. The book is a culmination of a range of ideas and perspectives that will shape India’s aspirations of building world-class universities through comparative and international dimensions. It is a recognition that the future of Indian universities and their ability to seek global excellence will depend on three critical paradigms: first is the need for creating a vision for higher education that will focus on research and knowledge creation, institutional excellence, and global benchmarking as the indicators for standard-setting; second, the need for pursuing substantial reforms relating to policy, regulation, and governance of higher education; and third is the need for investigating a paradigmatic shift for promoting interdisciplinarity in higher education with a stronger and deeper focus on the pedagogy of teaching and learning in different fields of inquiry. Through a series of contributions from noted academics and scholars from India and around the world, this book discusses these three strings of thought, to create higher education opportunities that will enable the future generations of students to pursue world-class education in world-class universities in India.

scholarly journals University rankings game and its relation to GDP per capita and GDP growth

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Clifford Tan Kuan Lu
Keyword(s):  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Institutional Factor ◽  
Pronounced Increase ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Global University ◽  
World Class ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
World Class Universities

In this study, the term ‘World-Class Universities per capita’ or ‘WCUs per capita’ is created and defined as the number of world-class universities available in a country divided by its population. To date, it is known that global university rankings are solely the numerical measures of world-class universities. ARWU is chosen as the benchmark of wold-class universities (WCUs) among the university ranking methodologies available based on the assumption that universities listed under Top 500 are WCUs. Simple regression analysis is carried out to determine the correlation between WCUs per capita and GDP per capita as well as GDP growth. The results show that WCUs per capita is strongly correlated to the nation’s GDP per capita. However, the WCUs per capita has an insignificant effect on GDP growth. There is a pronounced increase in significance level when the ranking lists are expanded from the Top 100 to Top 500. This suggests that it is crucial for a nation to increase the number of WCUs (listed in the Top 500) in order to attain a higher GDP per capita, rather than having a few elite WCUs in the Top 100. In addition, ‘freedom from corruption’ is the most significant institutional factor when institutional factors are added into the regression model, followed by ‘property rights’, ‘business freedom’ and ‘investment freedom’.

scholarly journals Determining the Priorities of the Development of EU Research Universities Based on the Analysis of Rating Indicators of World-Class Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksym W. Sitnicki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class

Abstract The object of this research is the activity of 25 leading research universities in the world. One of the most problematic issues is the in-depth analysis of the ranking indicators of world-class research universities in order to identify the priorities for the development of research universities in the European Union. The following scientific methods were used in the research: generalizations, analysis, synthesis, graphical method, and also comparison method. The study is based on data on the global university rankings in QS World University Rankings 2018 and empirical data from publicly available sources provided by the research universities. The article also systematizes the scientific views of the leading scientists of Europe and the world on the course of development of research universities and analyses the experience of implementing joint scientific projects in the EU countries. The importance of international cooperation between research universities in the fields of academic mobility and scientific research is underlined due to the fact that the global challenges and prospects that the research universities in the European Union and the world are facing are transient and create a tough competitive environment. Strengthening their leadership potential and developing entrepreneurial thinking has been revealed as a modern trend in the development of research universities. The article characterizes the 25 best world-class research universities, and the factors which have enabled them to uncover their strengths and systematize the key areas of in-depth specialization. The contrasting differences between the analysed research universities are shown, as there are significant disparities in the total number of students, foreign students and staff of research universities, showing fundamentally different approaches to the organization of educational and research processes, even within a single country. This is due to the fact that the ratio of student per staff representative significantly affects the quality of education. The author proposes the key development priorities for research universities in the European Union, which consist in intensified work on: academic reputation; the number of foreign students; reputation of employers; improvement of the ratio of the number of students to the number of staff; improvement of quality and increase in the number of citations of scientific publications by university researchers; increasing the share of the university’s participation in international educational and scientific networks of other countries and continents.

scholarly journals Spaces of Life: Transgressions in Conceptualising the World Class University

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-267
Author(s):  
Sonja Arndt ◽  
Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen ◽  
Carl Mika ◽  
Rikke Toft Nørgård
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Argument ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
World Class ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Times ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
The University

AbstractBeyond knowledge, critical thinking, new ideas, rigorous science and scholarly development, this chapter argues for the university as a space of life. Through the complexities and incommensurabilities of academic life, and drawing on Julia Kristeva’s notion of revolt, Emmanuel Levinas’ notion of Otherness, and Novalis’ concept of Romantisierung, it makes a philosophical argument for recognizing what might appear as uncomfortable transgressions of the marketable, measurable characteristics of World Class Universities. In various ways, the chapter asks where there is space, in the World Class University, for elements which may not overtly align with the neoliberal clamour for international recognition and esteem. In elevating everyday life in the university, the chapter blurs boundaries of the celebrated, strived for rankings with the spaces of life that are dark and heterotopic, messily entangled with histories, polyphonic human and more than human voice, beings and energies, within the university. Revolt provokes a re-turn to re-question the ethics and boundaries of treatments of ‘world’ and ‘class’ in conceptions of the World Class University. Here, ‘World Class University’ is not necessarily a globally streamlined and internationally bench-marked institution, flexing its socio-economic muscles in the face of the world. Instead, it is an institution that speaks for others who have been made silent and deprived of their own critical voice. It speaks for the suppressed and marginalized, and it speaks for the ones who are no longer with us, or who have not yet arrived. It speaks for the people and the times yet to come.

scholarly journals The Asian Higher Education Century?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
World University Rankings ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Academic Professions ◽  
Academic Corruption

Though the 2009 world university rankings showed a slight increase in the number of Asian universities, it does not automatically mean the rest of the world's university is deteriorating. Though different Asian countries take different strategies for improvement, and difficult to generalize, there are still impediments for the world-class quality: hierarchical relationships, a lower degree of academic freedom, less-selective promotion systems, less-interactive teaching methods, academic corruption in some countries, a use of local language, and lower salaries for academic professions would be impediments for the world-class quality.

scholarly journals A REPORT ON WORLD’S TOP 20 UNIVERSITIES WEBSITE MARKETING COMMUNICATION STRATEGY: WHAT CAN BE EMULATED

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 56-71
Author(s):  
Pei Wen Chong ◽  
Siti Zakiah Melatu Samsi ◽  
Mohd Nazri Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Colour Type ◽  
Web Structure ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Rational Understanding ◽  
High Level ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
The University

The university website is important as a window for potential students. Its quality is directly associated with the image and reputation of the university, reflecting the level of the university. Therefore, it is vital that a university is able to establish a website that has a high level of usability, functionality, and creativity which can attract and retain the users. In order to have a rational understanding and learning from the experienced university websites, this study has selected the top 20 universities around the world where important elements from their websites are being studied and evaluated thoroughly. The elements include picture resolution, typography, layout, web structure and colour, type of information and content as well as the privacy and trust policy. The study provides important provision on how the world-class universities designed their websites which would potentially yield refinements to the current website of other universities around the globe.

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