New Flagship University

John Aubrey Douglass is Senior Research Fellow—Public Policy and Higher Education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), University of California, Berkeley, USA.

"Douglass and the other involved authors offer a very rich and differentiated picture of the university and its many facets, a refreshing perspective in contrast to the often emphasized narrative of rankings and world class universities. ... this book is a much needed alternative to the current paradigm of university excellence, interesting to read and well written, as well as a promising narrative both for future research and policymaking ... ." (Philipp Friedrich, European Journal of Higher Education, March, 2017)

• PART I: EXPLORING THE NEW FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY MODEL; John Aubrey DouglassIntroduction: Seeking an Alternative Narrative1. How Rankings Came to Determine World Class2. The Origin of the Flagship Idea and Modern Adaptions3. Profiling the Flagship Model4. Considering National Contexts and other VariablesPART II: THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE5. The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University; John N. Hawkins6. Latin America Flagship Universities: From Early Notions of State Building to Seeking a Larger Role in Society; Andrés Bernasconi and Daniela Véliz Calderón7. Scandinavian Flagship Universities: An Appraisal of Leading National Universities in the European Context; Bjørn Stensaker and Tatiana Fumasoli 8. The Soviet Flagship University Model and its Contemporary Transition; Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov9. Epilogue - Reflections on a New Flagship University; Manja Klemencic