Can BRICS Build Ivory Towers of Excellence? Giving New Meaning to World-Class Universities

Autor/inn/en	David, Solomon Arulraj; Motala, Shireen
Titel	Can BRICS Build Ivory Towers of Excellence? Giving New Meaning to World-Class Universities
Quelle	In: Research in Comparative and International Education, 12 (2017) 4, S.512-528 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-4999
DOI	10.1177/1745499917740652
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Change; Reputation; Universities; Excellence in Education; Role of Education; Public Policy; Institutional Evaluation; Economic Factors; Comparative Analysis; Periodicals; Brazil; India; China; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform; University; Universität; Lernerfolg; Bildungsauftrag; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Brasilien; Indien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper aims to map the landscape of higher education transformation in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations while exploring the status of BRICS nations in some of the global university rankings and analysing their potential to give new meaning to notions such as excellent and world-class universities. The study provides different theoretical perspectives about global university ranking and about the notion of "world-class/excellence." Based on the literature exploration, the gathered data from some of the global university ranking agencies and the critical reflections from purposefully selected respondents, it is considered that the quest for world-class universities is articulated in several public policy documents of BRICS nations. While some attempts to achieve this quest vary (e.g. from China's strong effort to India's least effort), BRICS nations, like many other nations, seem to evolve towards this ambition, as universities have become the centre point of the development agenda. The ability of BRICS nations to provide new meaning to "world-class/excellence" notions, although not clear, cannot be disputed given the indications that the BRICS bloc is emerging as an alternative economic force and the role higher education is playing in this emergence. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01