World Class Universities : A Contested Concept

World Class Universities A Contested Concept

This open access book focuses on the dimensions of the discourse of 'The World Class University', its alleged characteristics, and its policy expressions. It offers a broad overview of the historical background and current trajectory of the world-class-university construct. It also deepens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rider, Sharon (Editor), Rider, Sharon. editor (editor), Peters, Michael A. editor, Hyvönen, Mats. editor, Besley, Tina. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Nature 2020
2020.
Edición:1st ed. 2020.
Colección:Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices,
Materias:
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Higher education.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Education—Philosophy.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Higher Education.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Philosophy of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics
Higher Education
Administration, Organization and Leadership
Sociology of Education
Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Organization and Leadership
open access
higher education policy
global rankings and league tables
audit culture and the university
universities and liberal education
mediatization and the university
academic excellence and marketization
higher education and performance indicators
academic freedom
global educational competitiveness
world class university discourse
academic capitalism
Educational strategies & policy
Higher & further education, tertiary education
Educational administration & organization
Sociology
Philosophy & theory of education
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Welcome to the World Class University: Introduction
  • Part I What's in a Word?
  • 2 Disorderly Identities: University rankings and the re-ordering of the academic mind
  • 3 Becoming World Class: What it means and what it does
  • 4 Three Notions of the Global
  • Part II World-Class Around the World
  • 5 The Kafkaesque Pursuit of 'World Class': Audit culture and the reputational arms race in academia
  • 6 Complicit Reproductions in the Global South: Courting world class universities and global rankings
  • 7 Realizing the World Class University: Litigation and the state
  • 8 World Class at All Costs
  • 9 The Paradox of the Global University
  • Part III Playing the World-Class Numbers Game
  • 10 World Class Universities, Rankings and the Global Space of International Students
  • 11 What Counts as World Class? Global University Rankings and Shifts in Institutional Strategies
  • 12 The State Role in Excellent University Policies in the Era of Globalization: The case of China
  • Part IV The Future of World-Class Universities
  • 13 The Marketingisation of Higher Education
  • 14 Contesting the Neoliberal Discourse of the World Class University: 'Digital Socialism', Openness and Academic Publishing
  • 15 Spaces of Life: Transgressions in Conceptualising the World Class University
  • 16 Realising the World-Class University: An Ecological Approach.

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