World-Class Universities

Nian Cai Liu, Ph.D. (1992), Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada, is Professor and the Director of the Center for World-Class Universities and the Dean of Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Yan Wu, M.Phil. (2003), East China Normal University, China, is Assistant Professor at the Center for World-Class Universities and the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Qi Wang, Ph.D. (2008), University of Bath, UK, is Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and research fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 World-Class Universities: Global Trends and Institutional ModelsNian Cai Liu, Yan Wu and Qi WangPART 1: Global Trends2 Globalizing as World-Class Universities’ Special Function or Unique MissionLin Tian and Nian Cai Liu3 The Global Science System and National Science SystemsSimon Marginson4 Do Rankings Promote Academic Excellence? Redefining World-Class UniversitiesJamil Salmi5 World-Class Universities’ Search for Quality, Reputation or Prestige?Luiz Cláudio Costa6 Accelerating Asian Systems of Higher Education: Moving from Middle to High IncomeGerard A. Postiglione and Brajesh Panth7 World-Class University Policies and Rankings in Transition: A Comparative Study of the People’s Republic of China and JapanAkiyoshi Yonezawa and Futao HuangPART 2: Institutional Models8 The Future of Chinese Universities: Pathways and StrategiesZhongqin Lin9 Providing Access to Excellence: A Roadmap for World-Class UniversitiesKim A. Wilcox and Christine A. Victorino10 Global, Innovative, and Open for Business: The American Research UniversityEric W. Kaler11 A New Model for Graduate and Professional Education: The McDonnell International Scholars Academy 193Mark S. Wrighton12 Recreating French Excellence: Sorbonne University, the University of Paris and the French Ecosystem of Higher Education and Research 193Christine Clerici, Jean Chambaz and Sebastian Stride