World-Class Universities

Yan Wu is Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She was responsible for the Global Research University Profiles (GRUP) project, which started in 2011 and has been developing a database on the facts and figures of around 1200 research universities in the world.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.Nian Cai Liu, Ph.D., Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada, is Professor and Director of the Center for World-Class Universities and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research interests include world-class universities and research universities, university evaluation and academic ranking, research evaluation and science policy, globalization and internationalization of higher education. Professor Liu has published extensively in both Chinese and English.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 World-Class Universities: Towards a Global Common Good and Seeking National and Institutional ContributionsYan Wu, Qi Wang and Nian Cai LiuPART 1: Global and Theoretical Perspectives2 Global Cooperation and National Competition in the World-Class University SectorSimon Marginson3 World-Class Universities and Higher Education Differentiation: The Necessity of SystemsPhilip G. Altbach4 World-Class Universities in a Post-Truth WorldPierre de Maret and Jamil Salmi5 Examining Rankings and Strategic Planning: Variations in Local CommitmentsJenny J. Lee, Hillary Vance and Bjørn Stensaker6 World-Class Universities: A Dual Identity Related to Global Common Good(s)Lin Tian7 The Art of Starting a New University Lessons of ExperienceJamil SalmiPART 2: National and Regional Responses8 The Role of American World-Class Universities in Serving the Global Common GoodGenevieve G. Shaker and William M. Plater9 Pursuing Excellence in Graduate Education and Research While Serving Regional DevelopmentRita Karam, Charles A. Goldman, Daniel Basco and Diana Gehlhaus Carew10 World-Class Universities’ Contribution to an Open Society: Chinese Universities on a Mission?Marijk van der Wende11 World-Class Universities and the Global Common Good: The Role of China and the US in Addressing Global InequalityGerard A. Postiglione and Ailei Xie12 What Are the Benefits and Risks of Internationalization of Japanese Higher Education?Futao Huang13 State and World-Class Universities: Seeking a Balance between International Competitiveness, Local and National RelevanceIsak Froumin and Mikhail Lisyutkin