In the Shadow of Celebrity? World-Class University Policies and Public Value in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Cremonini, Leon; Westerheijden, Don F.; Benneworth, Paul; Dauncey, Hugh
Titel	In the Shadow of Celebrity? World-Class University Policies and Public Value in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 27 (2014) 3, S.341-361 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2013.33
Schlagwörter	Universities; Higher Education; Public Support; Educational Quality; School Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Models; Performance; Educational Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Öffentliche Förderung; Öffentliche Trägerschaft; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schuleffizienz; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Analogiemodell; Achievement; Leistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	The growing popularity of the concept of world-class universities raises the question of whether investing in such universities is a worthwhile use of public resources. Does concentrating public resources on the most excellent universities improve the overall quality of a higher education system, especially if definitions of excellence and world-class are made by external ranking organizations? This paper addresses that question by developing a framework for weighing up trade-offs between institutional and system performance, focusing on the potential system-wide improvements which world-class university programmes (WCUPs) may bring. Because WCUPs are in a relatively early stage of their development, systemic effects are not yet clear. We therefore analyse the ex ante reasons that policy makers have for adopting WCUPs to see if they at least seek to create these systemic benefits. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10