World Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America

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Contents Preface vii 1 Empires of Knowledge and Development 1 Philip G. Altbach PART I Asia 2 The Flagship University and China’s Economic Reform 31 Wanhua Ma 3 Research Universities in China: Differentiation, Classification, and Future World-Class Status 54 Nian Cai Liu 4 Beyond Retailing Knowledge: Prospects of Research-Oriented Universities in India 70 N. Jayaram 5 Prospects for World-Class Research Universities in India 95 P. V. Indiresan 6 The Making of a World-Class University at the Periphery: Seoul National University 122 Ki-Seok Kim & Sunghee Nam PART II Latin America 7 Brazil’s Leading University: Original Ideals and Contemporary Goals 143 Simon Schwartzman 8 Brazilian Research Universities 173 João E. Steiner 9 La Máxima Casa de Estudios: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México as a State-Building University 189 Imanol Ordorika & Brian Pusser 10 The Role of Research Universities in Mexico: A Change of Paradigm? 216 Salvador Malo 11 Are There Research Universities in Chile? 234 Andrés Bernasconi 12 The Challenge of Building Research Universities in Middle-Income Countries: The Case of the University of Buenos Aires 260 Ana M. García de Fanelli 13 Higher Education Policy and the Research University: In Asia and Latin America 286 Jorge Balán Contributors 309 Index 313 ...