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245 00 a| Accelerated universitiesh| [electronic resource] :b| ideas and money combine to build academic excellence /c| edited by Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Jamil Salmi, and Isak Froumin.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill Sense,c| [2018];

300 a| xviii, 192 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| Global perspectives on higher education ;v| volume 40;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| The art of starting a new university : lessons of experience / Jamil Salmi, Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Isak Froumin -- From technical school to world-class polytechnic : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne / Gerard Escher -- Building and sustaining academic excellence : the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Tony F. Chan -- Innovation and the development of human resources in the Gulf : Masdar Institute of Science and Technology / Fred Moavenzadeh -- A world-class experiment in Kazakhstan : Nazarbayev University / Shigeo Katsu and Aray Saniyazova -- Olin College of Engineering : reinventing engineering education in the United States / Richard K. Miller with Ann-Marie Dorning -- Building a new academic institution: the Singapore University of Technology and Design / Thomas L. Magnanti -- Building Skoltech : a university for economic development / Edward Crawley -- The University of Luxembourg : a national excellence initiative / Franck Leprevost -- Establishing a world-class university from scratch : an initiator's perspective / Artemy Morozov and Pavel Shchedrovitskiy.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "During the past several decades, several "highly-resourced, accelerated research universities" have been established around the world to pursue--and achieve--academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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700 1 a| Froumin, Isak D.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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Accelerated universities ideas and money combine to build academic excellence / edited by Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Jamil Salmi, and Isak Froumin.

Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2018]
Description	xviii, 192 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Universities and colleges--Cross-cultural studies. Universities and colleges--Finance. --Cross-cultural studies. Research institutes--Cross-cultural studies. Education, Higher--Aims and objectives. --Cross-cultural studies.

Other author/creator	Altbach, Philip G.
Other author/creator	Reisberg, Liz.
Other author/creator	Salmi, Jamil.
Other author/creator	Froumin, Isak D.
Series	Global perspectives on higher education ; volume 40
Contents	The art of starting a new university : lessons of experience / Jamil Salmi, Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Isak Froumin -- From technical school to world-class polytechnic : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne / Gerard Escher -- Building and sustaining academic excellence : the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Tony F. Chan -- Innovation and the development of human resources in the Gulf : Masdar Institute of Science and Technology / Fred Moavenzadeh -- A world-class experiment in Kazakhstan : Nazarbayev University / Shigeo Katsu and Aray Saniyazova -- Olin College of Engineering : reinventing engineering education in the United States / Richard K. Miller with Ann-Marie Dorning -- Building a new academic institution: the Singapore University of Technology and Design / Thomas L. Magnanti -- Building Skoltech : a university for economic development / Edward Crawley -- The University of Luxembourg : a national excellence initiative / Franck Leprevost -- Establishing a world-class university from scratch : an initiator's perspective / Artemy Morozov and Pavel Shchedrovitskiy.
Abstract	"During the past several decades, several "highly-resourced, accelerated research universities" have been established around the world to pursue--and achieve--academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018002187
ISBN	9789004366084 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	9789004366091 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Accelerated universities ideas and money combine to build academic excellence / edited by Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Jamil Salmi, and Isak Froumin.

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