The road to academic excellence : the making of world-class research universities / Philip G. Altbach and Jamil Salmi, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The positive contribution of tertiary education is increasingly recognized as not limited to middle-income and advanced countries, since it applies equally to low-income economies. Tertiary education can help countries become more globally competitive by developing a skilled, productive, and flexible labor force and by creating, applying, and spreading new ideas and technologies. Research universities are reckoned among the central institutions of the 21st century knowledge economies. This book extends the analysis of the framework presented in The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities (Salmi 2009) and by examining the recent experience of 11 universities in nine countries that have grappled with the challenges of building successful research institutions in difficult circumstances and learning from the lessons of these experiences.

The past, present and future of the research university -- Building world-class universities in China: Shanghai Jiao Tong University -- The rise of research universities: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology -- A world-class research university on the periphery: Pohang University of Science and Technology, the Republic of Korea -- The National University of Singapore and the University of Malaya -- Toward world-class status? The IIT system and IIT Bombay -- The rise, fall and reemergence of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria -- Private and public pathways to world-class research universities: the case of Chile -- The long road toward excellence in Mexico : the Monterrey Institute of Technology -- Establishing a new research university: The Higher School of Economics, the Russian Federation -- The road to academic excellence: lessons of experience.