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Research Universities and Academic Renaissance in the Global South
Lessons from Bangladesh
Series: - Global Perspectives on Higher Education, Volume: 56
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This book explores how, through continuous innovation, solving challenging problems, and transforming outmoded thinking, knowledge opens up limitless opportunities while providing asymmetric strength to those (individuals, institutions, and nations) who possess it. From a global perspective, such asymmetries create dependencies and perpetuate the Westâs colonial aspirations, enabling it to exert influence and exact a heavy price. This volume contends that the Global South must develop its own countervailing knowledge assets, best expressed through establishing a few high-quality research universities at the outset, embedded in a carefully nurtured ecosystem and a strong research culture that values curiosity, creativity and commitment. The state of Bangladeshâs universities provides a canvas to examine the challenges facing research in the region that developing nations can address creatively to expedite building a knowledge edifice for self-reliance and national pride.
Syed Saad Andaleeb, Ph.D. (1989), Business Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University (and former Vice Chancellor, BRAC University). His publications blend transactions cost analysis, resource dependence theory, service delivery, and social exchange theory, including a book: Strategic Marketing Management in Asia (Emerald, 2016).
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Setting the Stage
â1 The Race to the Top (R3T)
â2 Global Knowledge Production: Two Theoretical Lenses
â3 Contextualizing Research
â4 The Research University
2 The Changing Research Landscape in Asia
â1 Rise of the Asian Research Universities
â2 Ranking Systems: Emergence and Rationale
â3 A Word about Rankings
â4 Pathways to World Class University Status in Asia
â5 Lessons from the Region
3 Research Challenges in Bangladeshâs Universities
â1 The Disconnect between Research and National Development
â2 Research Challenges: Views of the Faculty
â3 Problems of Student Researchers
â4 Stepping Up
4 Structural Considerations
â1 External Structural Factors
â2 Internal Structural Factors
â3 Summing Up
5 The Macro Environment of Research Universities
â1 Culture
â2 Ideological Influences
â3 Political Environment
â4 Economic Environment
â5 Legal Environment
â6 Social Demand for Knowledge
â7 Technological Environment
6 The External Control of Research Universities
â1 The Political Establishment
â2 The Policy and Planning Body
â3 The Ministry of Education
â4 Regulatory Bodies
â5 The New Intermediaries
â6 Coordinating Research: The National Research Council
7 Building Networks and Alliances
â1 Role of Industry in Knowledge Generation
â2 Collaboration among Scholars and Institutions: Building Learning Communities
â3 The Role of the Academic Diaspora
â4 Students and Alumni as Partners
â5 Sustaining Partnerships
8 Governance in the Research University
â1 A Managerial Framework: The 7 Ps
â2 Leadership
â3 Building a Culture of Research
â4 Managing Faculty Resources
â5 Administration for Research
â6 Autonomy and Academic Freedom
9 Quality Assurance of Research
â1 Quality of Research
â2 Quality Assurance of Research
â3 Quality Assurance of Publication and Dissemination
â4 IRB: Institutional Review Board
â5 Plagiarism Policy
â6 Intellectual Property Policy
10 Reflections
â1 Baseline Readiness
â2 Priorities for a Restart
â3 Ground Level Imperatives
â4 Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Carnegie Classification
Appendix B: WHO Guidelines: Quality Assurance Plan for Research
Appendix C: The Belmont Report
Appendix D: BRAC University Plagiarism Policy
Appendix E: Intellectual Property Rights
Appendix F: Office of Research Administration Services Org Chart (2024-09-02).pdf
Appendix G: What Academic Freedom Is or Is Not
Index
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1 Setting the Stage
â1 The Race to the Top (R3T)
â2 Global Knowledge Production: Two Theoretical Lenses
â3 Contextualizing Research
â4 The Research University
2 The Changing Research Landscape in Asia
â1 Rise of the Asian Research Universities
â2 Ranking Systems: Emergence and Rationale
â3 A Word about Rankings
â4 Pathways to World Class University Status in Asia
â5 Lessons from the Region
3 Research Challenges in Bangladeshâs Universities
â1 The Disconnect between Research and National Development
â2 Research Challenges: Views of the Faculty
â3 Problems of Student Researchers
â4 Stepping Up
4 Structural Considerations
â1 External Structural Factors
â2 Internal Structural Factors
â3 Summing Up
5 The Macro Environment of Research Universities
â1 Culture
â2 Ideological Influences
â3 Political Environment
â4 Economic Environment
â5 Legal Environment
â6 Social Demand for Knowledge
â7 Technological Environment
6 The External Control of Research Universities
â1 The Political Establishment
â2 The Policy and Planning Body
â3 The Ministry of Education
â4 Regulatory Bodies
â5 The New Intermediaries
â6 Coordinating Research: The National Research Council
7 Building Networks and Alliances
â1 Role of Industry in Knowledge Generation
â2 Collaboration among Scholars and Institutions: Building Learning Communities
â3 The Role of the Academic Diaspora
â4 Students and Alumni as Partners
â5 Sustaining Partnerships
8 Governance in the Research University
â1 A Managerial Framework: The 7 Ps
â2 Leadership
â3 Building a Culture of Research
â4 Managing Faculty Resources
â5 Administration for Research
â6 Autonomy and Academic Freedom
9 Quality Assurance of Research
â1 Quality of Research
â2 Quality Assurance of Research
â3 Quality Assurance of Publication and Dissemination
â4 IRB: Institutional Review Board
â5 Plagiarism Policy
â6 Intellectual Property Policy
10 Reflections
â1 Baseline Readiness
â2 Priorities for a Restart
â3 Ground Level Imperatives
â4 Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Carnegie Classification
Appendix B: WHO Guidelines: Quality Assurance Plan for Research
Appendix C: The Belmont Report
Appendix D: BRAC University Plagiarism Policy
Appendix E: Intellectual Property Rights
Appendix F: Office of Research Administration Services Org Chart (2024-09-02).pdf
Appendix G: What Academic Freedom Is or Is Not
Index
This book addresses the faculty and administration in the universities, research centers and institutes, politicians, policy makers, and various organizations in the Global South striving to build a knowledge economy.