The Road to Academic Excellence - The Making of World-Class Research Universities
Building world class research universities is significantly more complex than many countries estimate according to a new World Bank Report.
In a global economy that depends on sophisticated innovation and knowledge to drive growth and wealth, a new World Bank report on higher education suggests that low- and middle-income countries should resist the temptation to establish world-class universities to cash in on research earnings and court global prestige before educating their own citizens to high tertiary standards.
Key messages:
•The case studies presented suggest that a faster and more effective approach to achieve world-class university status is to establish a new institution.
•New universities can grow into high-quality research institutions within two or three decades when talent, resources, and governance are adequately aligned from the beginning.
•Outstanding research universities do not operate in a vacuum; they evolve from a tertiary education ecosystem which affects the performance of individual institutions.
The report is available on free PDF-download.
