IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/injoed/v96y2023ics073805932200150x.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Rethinking the global orientation of world-class universities from a comparative functional perspective

Author

Listed:
  • Tian, Lin

Abstract

In a globalised knowledge-intensive society, world-class universities (WCUs), which are often regarded as global research universities, are key institutions for social and economic development. There are distinctive features of WCUs in comparison with other research universities (RUs). However, there is a dearth of studies on what WCUs can do when compared with RUs, in terms of tripartite function — education, research and service. Adopting a mixed research method, including document analysis of 96 universities, interviews with 85 university leaders and experts worldwide, and a survey involving 118 WCUs’ leaders and international experts, this study explores the differences between WCUs and RUs in functions and relevant influencing factors, reveals the global orientation of WCUs embodied by their functions. This study provides a new perspective to reinterpret WCUs, underlining their important roles in the globalised world, on a basis of rebalancing their local, national and global roles.

Suggested Citation

  • Tian, Lin, 2023. "Rethinking the global orientation of world-class universities from a comparative functional perspective," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:96:y:2023:i:c:s073805932200150x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102700
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073805932200150X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102700?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:96:y:2023:i:c:s073805932200150x. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-educational-development .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.