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1 online resource. |
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Global perspectives on higher education ; volume 40
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Global perspectives on higher education ; volume 40.
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| Summary |
"During the past several decades, several "highly-resourced, accelerated research universities" have been established around the world to pursue--and achieve--academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The art of starting a new university : lessons of experience / Jamil Salmi, Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Isak Froumin -- From technical school to world-class polytechnic : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne / Gerard Escher -- Building and sustaining academic excellence : the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Tony F. Chan -- Innovation and the development of human resources in the Gulf : Masdar Institute of Science and Technology / Fred Moavenzadeh -- A world-class experiment in Kazakhstan : Nazarbayev University / Shigeo Katsu and Aray Saniyazova -- Olin College of Engineering : reinventing engineering education in the United States / Richard K. Miller with Ann-Marie Dorning -- Building a new academic institution: the Singapore University of Technology and Design / Thomas L. Magnanti -- Building Skoltech : a university for economic development / Edward Crawley -- The University of Luxembourg : a national excellence initiative / Franck Leprevost -- Establishing a world-class university from scratch : an initiator's perspective / Artemy Morozov and Pavel Shchedrovitskiy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Universities and colleges -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Universities and colleges. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Universities and colleges -- Finance -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Universities and colleges -- Finance. |
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Research institutes -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Research institutes. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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Electronic books.
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Altbach, Philip G., editor.
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Reisberg, Liz, editor.
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Salmi, Jamil, editor.
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Froumin, Isak D., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Accelerated universities. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2018] 9789004366084 (DLC) 2018002187 |
| ISBN |
9004366105 |
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9789004366107 (electronic book) |
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9789004366084 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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