Globalizing as World-Class Universitiesâ Special Function or Unique Mission

Lin Tian; Nian Cai Liu

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004463165_002

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Abstract

World-class universities (WCUs), which are generally regarded as global research universities, are important constituents of the global higher education system. There are agreed-upon features of WCUs when compared with other research universities (RUs). However, there has been an absence of attempts to explore the special features of WCUs from a functional perspective that emphasizes a function which is unique to WCUs, apart from the widely-acknowledged three basic functions of education, research and service. Using a mixed research method, including the document analysis of 83 research universities, 74 semi-structured interviews with university leaders, academics and experts worldwide as well as an online survey for WCUsâ leaders and international academic experts (N = 118), this study examines the differences between WCUs and RUs in the three basic functions (that is, education, research and service), while at the same time investigating the special function or unique mission that is possessed exclusively by WCUs. This study identifies two core dimensions of WCUsâ special function or unique mission: to serve the global common good and to act as a global role model for research universities, with four main features: global positioning, global contribution, global influence and global cooperation. It then summarizes WCUsâ special function or unique mission in a word: Globalizing.

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World-Class Universities

Global Trends and Institutional Models

Series:Â Global Perspectives on Higher Education, Volume: 51

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004463165

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 03 May 2021

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- Education

Front Matter

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Chapter 1 World-Class Universities

Part 1 Global Trends

Chapter 2 Globalizing as World-Class Universitiesâ Special Function or Unique Mission

Chapter 3 The Global Science System and National Science Systems

Chapter 4 Do Rankings Promote Academic Excellence?

Chapter 5 World-Class Universitiesâ Search for Quality, Reputation or Prestige?

Chapter 6 Accelerating Asian Systems of Higher Education

Chapter 7 World-Class University Policies and Rankings in Transition

Part 2 Institutional Models

Chapter 8 The Future of Chinese Universities

Chapter 9 Providing Access to Excellence

Chapter 10 Global, Innovative, and Open for Business

Chapter 11 A New Model for Graduate and Professional Education

Chapter 12 Recreating French Excellence

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