Legitimating the World-Class University Concept through the Discourse of Elite Universities' Presidents

Autor/inn/en	Rodriguez-Pomeda, Jesus; Casani, Fernando
Titel	Legitimating the World-Class University Concept through the Discourse of Elite Universities' Presidents
Quelle	In: Higher Education Research and Development, 35 (2016) 6, S.1269-1283 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rodriguez-Pomeda, Jesus)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0729-4360
DOI	10.1080/07294360.2016.1160877
Schlagwörter	College Presidents; Selective Admission; Institutional Characteristics; Universities; Institutional Mission; Reputation; Higher Education; Competition; Discourse Analysis; Speeches; Computational Linguistics; Educational Trends + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College president; Hochschulpräsident; Bildungsselektion; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wettkampf; Diskursanalyse; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	Although well-renowned universities attempt to differentiate themselves from other universities, little research has been undertaken on the principal themes involved in the concept of the world-class university (WCU) as presented in speeches by members of WCUs. These discourses are a key tool in universities' attempt to shape the competitive framework of higher education through legitimacy. We study the presidents' discourses from 100 leading universities to identify the themes and emergent discourse of these universities' communities. Applying topic modeling methodology to the speeches' corpus, we find seven communities ("Worldwide-the four regions," "American-from different states," "Flagship," "Education concerned," "Some Chinese universities," "Central European universities" and "Challengers") and four main themes arising from WCUs' discourses ("Research universities within international rankings," "Stakeholders and leadership," "Mission and values," and "Education"). Our preliminary findings suggest that leading universities are working to adopt the "WCU" label based on their salient characteristics. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01