Building World-Class Universities: Different Approaches to a Shared Goal -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- BUILDING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES: Different Approaches to a Shared Goal -- DEFINING THE SHARED GOAL: WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS VOLUME -- Building World-Class Universities from a National/Regional Perspective -- Managing World-Class Universities from an Institutional Perspective -- Evaluating World-Class Universities from a Ranking/Indicator Perspective -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION 1: BUILDING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES FROM ANATIONAL/REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- DIFFERENT ROADS TO A SHARED GOAL: Political and Cultural Variation in World-Class Universities -- INTRODUCTION -- WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- What is a World-Class University? -- The Role of Research -- Conditions of a Global Research University -- DIFFERENT ROADS TO THE WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY -- Comparison of the Different Roads to the World-Class University -- THE POST-CONFUCIAN MODEL -- Features of the Model -- Participation and Student Achievement -- Internationalization -- Research and Global Role -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- THE IMPACT OF EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES INTAIWAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- EXCELLENCE PROGRAMMES IN CHINA, JAPAN,SOUTH KOREA, AND TAIWAN -- The 985 Project in Mainland China -- The Brain Korea 21 Programme in South Korea -- The Global Centre of Excellence Project in Japan -- The "Five Year - 50 Billion Excellence Initiative" in Taiwan -- TAIWAN'S RESEARCH EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES -- Global Competition and the Excellence Initiative inTaiwanese Higher Education -- Funding Allocation and Ranking Outcomes -- Assessment of Academic Output -- Meta Assessment -- DISCUSSION -- Public Concerns over Goal Achievement and Teaching Quality.

Rankings or not Rankings -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES: Experience and Practices of Russian Universities -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH IN RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- NEW NATIONAL APPROACHES TO BUILDINGWORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- Developing Innovative University Programme -- Creating Federal Universities and Business Schools -- Implementing the National Research University Programme -- Training and Attracting Young Scientists -- Developing Networks of University Leadership -- Integrating Higher Education with Business Sector -- A Summary of Russian National Reforms -- CHALLENGES FOR FURTHER INTEGRATION INTO THEGLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION ARENA -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION 2: MANAGING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES FROMAN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- MAKING A STRONG UNIVERSITY STRONGER: Change without a Burning Platform -- INTRODUCTION -- CHANGE IN TIMES OF STRENGTH -- Regional Developments: The Lisbon Strategy, the European ResearchArea and the European Higher Education Area -- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: THE DANISH GLOBALISATION STRATEGY -- THE CASE OF AARHUS UNIVERSITY -- THE QUADRUPLE HELIX OF A MODERN UNIVERSITY -- Education -- Research -- Talent Development -- Knowledge Exchange -- NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: UNIFIED EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENTAND NEW UNIVERSITY-WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- AN EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE IN LIBERAL ARTSAND SCIENCE EDUCATION: The Case of Amsterdam University College -- INTRODUCTION: JOINING FORCES TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE -- UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: FROM DISCONTENT TO REDEFINITION -- A RENEWED FOCUS ON LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES -- AUC'S CURRICULUM CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES -- GLOBAL TRENDS AND DRIVERS FOR LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATIONIN THE 21ST CENTURY.

INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND THE ROLE OF DISCIPLINES:COMBINING BREATH AND DEPTH -- 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AND THE TWO CULTURES OF MODERN SOCIETY -- CITIZENSHIP AND THE NEED FOR A TRULY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- CONLUSION: A TREND TOWARDS GLOBAL EXCELLENCEBUT NO PANACEA -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- POLICIES ON BUILDING WORLD-CLASSUNIVERSITIES IN SAUDI ARABIA: An Impact Study of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NATIONAL CONTEXT OF BUILDING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- Expanding University Capacities -- Study-Abroad Policy -- National Commission for Assessment and Accreditation -- THE CASE OF KFUPM -- Strategic Planning Directives and Governance -- Human Capital Development -- Research Development and Innovation -- Collaboration with World-Class Institutions -- Information Technology as an Enabler -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- SECTION 3: EVALUATING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES FROM ARANKING/INDICATOR PERSPECTIVE -- WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS ANDTHE CONSEQUENT REACTIONS OFEMERGING NATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS -- WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: CRITICISM AND CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS -- Methodological Limitations -- Over-Reliance on Academic Publications -- Roads to Excellence for Emergent Universities -- IMPACT OF THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS -- Impact on Students -- Impact on Universities and Leadership -- Impact on Policy-Makers and Governments -- ACTION TO NARROW THE INFLUENCE GAP AMONGST UNIVERSITIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- GLOBAL BENCHMARKING AND PARTNERSELECTION USING WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGSAND CLASSIFICATIONS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY -- ABOUT GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY -- UNIVERSITIES OF THE 1960S AND 1970S -- PREVIOUS BENCHMARKING OF GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY'SRESEARCH PERFORMANCE.

METHOD - FILTERS USED TO INFORM THE CHOICE OF OTHER BENCHMARKINSTITUTIONS -- Overall Rankings Performance -- Age - Identification of Universities Established between 1960 and the Mid 1970s -- Discipline Mix - High Quality Social Sciences Research -- Non-ranking indicators - Size, competition, interdisciplinarity, andmulti-campus attributes -- DATA SOURCES -- OBSERVATIONS FROM PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE BENCHMARKUNIVERSITIES -- ADDITIONAL USES OF THE METHOD - DEVELOPMENT OFSTRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS -- TRANSFERABILITY OF THE METHOD FOR USE BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- RATIONAL AND CONSTRUCTIVEUSE OF RANKINGS: A Challenge for Universities in the Global South -- INTRODUCTION -- CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH RANKING SYSTEMS -- Higher Education in South Africa: Changes since the New Democracy (1994) -- Higher Education Institutional Mergers -- Developing a Differentiated System with World-ClassCentres and Programmes -- Engaging with the Rankings -- How Researchers at the University of Cape Town Were Drawn into theDebate about Rankings -- THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGEMENT -- Ongoing Engagement with the Ranking Systems and Their Indicators -- The Need to Develop Our Own Discipline-Specific Indicators of Excellence -- FURTHER INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO THE FRAMEWORK -- IMPACT OF THE FRAMEWORK ON CURRENT EVALUATION PRACTICE -- SUMMARY OF LESSONS LEARNT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY AND ASIA'S TOPTIER RESEARCHERS -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH BACKGROUND -- IMPACT OF WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ACADEMICS -- RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY OF ACADEMICS -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- Research Productivity of Academics in East Asian Countries and Regions -- Demographics and Academic Background -- Perceptions about Scholarship -- Academic Activities.

Institutional Characteristics -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- THE GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES PROJECT: A New Approach to Evaluating Academic Institutions -- INTRODUCTION -- UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES PROJECT -- ACADEMIC REPUTATION SURVEY -- DATA COLLECTION FROM THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS -- BIBLIOMETRIC DATA -- DATA ANALYSIS -- NORMALIZATION -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- THE RANKING WEB AND THE "WORLD-CLASS"UNIVERSITIES: New Webometric Indicators Based on G-Factor,Interlinking, and Web 2.0 Tools -- INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES -- THE RANKING WEB -- THE G-FACTOR -- "Harvard University" and "the University of Oxford" -- NEW LINK-BASED INDICATORS -- METHODOLOGY -- Linkdomain:domainA.edu +Site:.edu - Site:domainA.edu -- RESULTS -- Selective Linking by Selected Sites (G-Factor) -- Selective Linking by Domain -- Selective Linking by Site (Platforms) -- Weighted Linking (Domain Authority and Domain MozRank) -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.