Building World Class Universities in China: Exploring Faculty's Perceptions, Interpretations of and Struggles with Global Forces in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Dongbin; Song, Quirong; Liu, Ji; Liu, Qingqin; Grimm, Adam
Titel	Building World Class Universities in China: Exploring Faculty's Perceptions, Interpretations of and Struggles with Global Forces in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 48 (2018) 1, S.92-109 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2017.1292846
Schlagwörter	Universities; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Heuristics; Qualitative Research; Reputation; Institutional Advancement; Interviews; Global Approach; Higher Education; Leadership Training; Intellectual Disciplines; International Education; Faculty Publishing; Periodicals; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Ausland; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Heuristik; Qualitative Forschung; nicht übertragen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Globales Denken; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führungslehre; Geisteswissenschaften; Internationale Erziehung; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum
Abstract	Employing a glonacal (global, national and local) heuristic as a theoretical lens, and a qualitative analysis with interview data, this study highlights how Chinese faculty members interpret the definitions and implications of pursuing world class universities (WCUs) and struggle with the multiple dimensions of their academic lives across global, national and local dimensions. The findings indicate that faculty members believe that the quest to build WCUs in China has been narrowly defined by the government, which emphasises international/global dimensions, rather than national or local. Because of this, Chinese professors believe that there are growing gaps between administration and faculty. Yet they recognise significant advancement in hardware and facilities, especially in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This study confirms that faculty's academic lives are intricately interlinked across the glonacal economy and that faculty continue to navigate their roles across all dimensions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01