TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. HOW WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES AFFECT GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION: Influences and Responses -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBAL IMPACT OF WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY MOVEMENT: EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS VOLUME -- National and Regional Reflections on Excellence Initiatives -- Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Excellence -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 1: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REFLECTIONS ON EXCELLENCE INITIATIVES -- 2. A NEW PUSH IN FRENCH EXCELLENCE: Could France Again Be Capable of World-Class Research? -- 3. CONTEXT AND FIRST OBSERVATIONS ON THE "INVESTMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE FUTURE" IN FRANCE1 -- INTRODUCTION -- FRENCH HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM -- REFORMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- REFLECTION ON AND INITIAL IMPACT OF PIA -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4. PROMOTING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE: The Excellence Initiative in Germany -- INTRODUCTION -- Glorious History vs. Mediocre Accomplishments -- Staying Egalitarian vs. Pursuing Excellence -- Unity of Teaching and Research vs. Under-investment in Research -- INITIATIVES: RESTRUCTURING GERMAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE -- Purpose -- Organization, Selection Procedure and Funding Areas Organization. -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- THE CHALLENGE: DISCUSSIONS AND REFLECTIONS -- Outcomes and Critiques -- Discussions and Reflection -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 5. TOP DOWN PUSH FOR EXCELLENCE: Lessons from Russia -- INTRODUCTION -- "NATIONAL TREASURES" -- "FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES" PROJECT -- NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES INITIATIVE -- LESSONS -- NEW INITIATIVE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6. THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND STRATEGIES TO FOSTER WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STRATEGIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT IN ESTABLISHING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- Brain Korea 21 (BK21, 1990-2012).

World-Class University, 2008-2013 -- MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE POLICIES -- Developing Human Capital -- Strengthening Research Competitiveness -- Increasing the Globalization of Universities -- FUTURE POLICIES AND STRATEGIES -- Brain Korea 21 PLUS (BK21 PLUS, 2013-2019) -- The Goals and Direction of BK21 PLUS. -- The Strategies and Policies of Korean WCU -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7. CONTINUITY AND TRANSFORMATION: Continuous Challenges for World-Class Status among Universities in Taiwan and Japan as Ageing Societies -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNDING SCHEMES FOR ESTABLISHING WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITIES -- Japan -- Taiwan -- CHALLENGES IN THE FIERCE GLOBAL COMPETITION -- Selection and Concentration -- Globally Competitive Salary -- Reforms of PhD Programme -- RANKINGS AND INTERNATIONALIZATION -- Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 8. REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE 985 PROJECT IN MAINLAND CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BACKGROUND OF THE 985 PROJECT -- Developing the Elite Sector -- The 211 Project Waking up Chinese Universities' Awareness of Excellence -- IMPACT OF THE 985 PROJECT IN THE FIRST TWO PHASES -- Goals and Policy Context -- Implementation and Management -- Financial Support -- IMPACT OF THE 985 PROJECT IN THE FIRST TWO PHASES -- Significantly Improved Selected Institutions' International Competitiveness -- Significantly Enhanced Capacity for Scientific and Technological Innovation -- The Selected 985 Project Universities at the Forefront of Chinese Higher Education -- REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPACT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE 985 PROJECT IN THE FIRST TWO PHASES -- A Gap Remaining between 985 Project Institutions and World-Class Universities -- Existing Research Models or Research Culture not Fundamentally Changed -- The Organization Model of the 985 Project has Produced Some Adverse Effects -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES.

REFERENCES -- SECTION 2: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING EXCELLENCE PERSPECTIVE -- 9. PRIVATIZATION, THE STATE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING GLOBALIZATION -- THE STATE AND PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION -- Inequality and Access -- Privatization -- Regulation -- Knowledge-Based Economies and Research -- California and the State of Globalization -- ANALYZING THE DISRUPTIVE CONDITIONS OF TERTIARY EDUCATION -- CONCLUSION: ACADEMIC WORK IN WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 10. ON MERGERS AND MISSIONS: Implications for Institutional Governance and Governmental Steering -- INTRODUCTION: THE DRIVING FORCES FOR INSTITUTIONAL RE-PROFILING -- DIVERSIFYING THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM -- INSTITUTIONAL RE-PROFILING THROUGH COLLABORATIONS, ALLIANCES, MERGERS -- MERGERS AND MISSIONS - RELATED QUESTIONS AND DILEMMAS -- ACHIEVING SYSTEM-LEVEL DIVERSITY? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 11. TOO SMALL TO SUCCEED: Middle-Income Nations and the Quest for Distinction in Global Higher Education -- INTRODUCTION -- HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHILE: AS GOOD AS WHAT A MIDDLE INCOME LEVEL CAN BUY -- THE LEADING UNIVERSITIES IN CHILE AND A BRAZILIAN BENCHMARK -- WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR CHILE TO HAVE A WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY? -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 12. WHAT MATTERS IN GLOBAL OUTREACH?: The Case of the University of Hong Kong -- INTRODUCTION -- AGE MATTERS -- HISTORICAL TRANSITION MATTERS -- AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT MATTERS -- INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY MATTERS -- STUDENT ENROLMENT, PROMOTING LEADERSHIP, AND GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT MATTER -- THE PROFESSORIATE MATTERS -- INSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE WITHIN THE NATION MATTERS -- AN INTEGRATED PROCESS MODEL MATTERS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 13. GLOBAL COMPETITION AMONG RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS.

METHODOLOGY -- Mainland China -- Japan -- Australia -- Hong Kong -- Other Asia -- Europe -- United States -- WEALTH -- RESEARCH EXPENDITURES -- PUBLICATIONS -- IMPACT OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS -- VALUE FOR RESEARCH INVESTMENT -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.