Transforming Higher Education in Whose Image? Exploring the Concept of the ‘World-Class’ University in Europe and Asia

By R. Deem, Ka Ho Mok, L. Lucas. 2008

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Subfields: Education, Political Science and International Relations

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Global and national prominent universities: internationalization, competitiveness and the role of the State (2009, background): “The struggle that most European and Asian universities undergo to improve their positions in the research focused international rankings ( Deem et al. 2008 ), and the willingness of most of these universities to have their name or academic activities associated with a better ranked university (Margi”
Internationalization: a transformative agenda for higher education? (2011, background): “Internationalization has been positively presented as a means to increase the range of international activities within universities and between universities (Knight, 2008 ) including international research collaboration and application for societal impact (Bennell & Pearce, 2003 ; Deem, Mok, & Luc”
Control by numbers: new managerialism and ranking in higher education (2015, background): “Both individual and institutional ranking exacerbate the stratification of universities; this works to the detriment of the autonomy of universities in defining their own mission and purposes (Deem et al., 2008).”
Deepening our understanding of academic inbreeding effects on research information exchange and scientific output: new insights for academic based research (2013, unknown): “A clear evidence of this attitude is the use of international publications in global university rankings (Deem et al. 2008).”
Women academics and research productivity: an international comparison (2015, background): “…managerial-orientated doctrines and neo-liberalist ideologies, higher education institutions in Asia are also increasingly under pressure to compete internationally, particularly in measuring research performance and allocating performance-based funding (Deem, Mok, and Lucas 2008; Hallinger 2014).”
New challenges for higher education: global and Asia-Pacific perspectives (2009, background): “policymakers have come to place enhanced emphasis on the role of higher education in national economic competitiveness in view of the role of universities in knowledge production (e.g., Altbach 2009; Deem et al. 2008 ).”
Transatlantic moves to the market: the United States and the European Union (2012, background): “university systems, to improve economy and efficiency (Deem 2001, 2004; Deem et al. 2008, Bruno 2009).”