The New Flagship University : Changing the Paradigm From Global Ranking to National Relevancy

"The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and a needed alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities. The Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and operational features to meaningfully expand their relevancy in the societies that gave them life and purpose"-- Provided by publisher "The New Flagship University provides an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities that dominate the attention of many universities, as well as government ministries. The New Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and academic cultures, and to pursue organizational features intended to expand their relevancy in the societies that give them life and purpose. In this quest, international standards of excellence focused largely on research productivity are not ignored, but are framed as only one goal towards supporting a university's productivity and larger social purpose--not as an end unto itself. Chapters by contributing authors detail the historical and contemporary role of leading national university in Asia, South America, Russia, and Scandinavia, and consider how the New Flagship model might be applied and expanded on"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-7 How Rankings Came to Determine World Class....Pages 9-29 The Origin of the Flagship Idea and Modern Adaptions....Pages 31-37 Profiling the New Flagship Model....Pages 39-102 Considering National Context and Other Variables....Pages 103-112 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University....Pages 115-138 Latin American Flagship Universities: From Early Notions of State Building to Seeking a Larger Role in Society....Pages 139-152 Scandinavian Flagship Universities: An Appraisal of Leading National Universities in the European Context....Pages 153-171 The Soviet Flagship University Model and Its Contemporary Transition....Pages 173-189 Epilogue: Reflections on a New Flagship University....Pages 191-197 Back Matter....Pages 199-217