There are many important questions to ask about the widespread push toward world-class status for universities around the world. Why is 'world-class' the standard to which a nation should aspire to build at least a subset of its tertiary education system? Might many countries be better served by developing the most locally relevant system possible, without concern for its relative merits in a global comparison? Is the definition of "world-class" synonymous...
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2009/06/25
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2009/07/21
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Le defi d'etablir des universites de rang mondial
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academic achievement
Citation
Salmi,Jamil.
The challenge of establishing world-class universities : Le defi d'etablir des universites de rang mondial (French). Directions in development ; human development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/845491468158970115