World-class Universities Research Articles

Global health education in China’s medical schools: A national cross-sectional study

Introduction Despite China’s large and growing global presence, data about global health (GH) education (GHE) in China’s medical schools are limited. We aimed to describe GHE in these schools and determine whether some may teach GH concepts without labeling them as such. Methods In 2019, 161 Chinese medical schools eligible for accreditation by the Ministry of Education were invited to complete a questionnaire as part of a national survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive analyses, Chi-square tests, Fisher exact tests, and logit models. Results Approximately 57% of schools completed the survey (n = 93). 33 (35.5%) indicated that GHE was included in the curriculum. Although the majority of responding schools reported the absence of GH in the curriculum, GH topics were identified at many institutions. Schools affiliated with the central government or an aspiring world-class university were more likely to report the inclusion of GHE and offered more opportunities at international away sites. Conclusions Chinese medical schools are frequently teaching GH topics, but may not label the instruction as such. Policy-makers and educators should be equipped with a global perspective to facilitate GHE at China’s medical schools and take measures to address differences between schools.

Building a Display Field Leader: SKL's Journey

Building a Display Field Leader: SKL's Journey

Concentration of Human Capital in Research Universities as the Basis of Competitiveness of Education Systems and Its Reflection in Global University Rankings

This paper presents an approach to evaluating the role of research universities in national scientific and technological development. It includes an analysis of the level of human capital concentration in the world’s leading research universities and their contribution to the making of new scientific knowledge. It shows that over the recent decades, the governments of many countries have been putting a lot of effort into building national networks of competitive world-class research universities as part of academic excellence programmes. The focus is on the experience of France (COMUE), Germany (Excellence Strategy), Republic ofKorea (Brain Korea) and China (Double First World Class). The paper shows that the key global university rankings are based on a research university model, with changes in the ranking positions indicating national governments’ efforts to concentrate human capital in leading research universities. Evaluation of the economic efficiency of the Russell Group universities (the UK) serves to show the impact of the third mission of a university on national economy and society. Leading research universities are regarded as a basis for meeting the demands of their national economies for highly qualified staff, new scientific knowledge, technology and innovation, which are vital for speeding up the rate of scientific and technological as wellas social and economic development.

International competitiveness of domestic higher education institutions: problems and prospects

Among the key factors in the global competitiveness of universities, the author highlights the strategically important role of the state. Based on statistics, the levels of public and private spending on higher education and quality indicators of higher education in 50 countries, as well as the presence of national universities in these countries in the global rankings were analyzed. The optimal parameters of public and private expenditures per student have been identified, the achievement of which contributes to the formation of world-class national universities and the provision of high quality education. The main factors that support and limit the growth of the competitive potential of Ukrainian universities are identified. The political priorities, strategic goals and directions of the state policy in the scientific and educational sphere, which should promote the formation of highly competitive universities in Ukraine, are systematized. A globally competitive university is a higher education institution capable of occupying and maintaining a stable position in certain segments of the global market of educational services and intellectual products through effective implementation of intellectual potential, developed innovation system and sufficient financial resources to ensure high level and quality of teaching and research. Thus, the global competitiveness of universities is due to their international competitive advantages in conducting research, providing educational services and performing important social tasks. A university becomes globally competitive when it can attract talented researchers, teachers and students, has sufficient material and financial resources and a modern infrastructure base, and operates within an effective management model. In conditions of limited resources for the formation of competitive universities, institutional and financial support from the state is critically important, designed to contribute to the modernization of the university sector and its qualitative evolutionary development. Universities in countries where combined national strategies for the development of competitive universities are successfully implemented and where the costs of higher education per student are relatively high are gaining global competitive advantages.

Characterizing graduate education development for creating world-class universities: Evidence from doctoral education in China

The purpose of this study is to characterize the graduate education development for creating world-class universities from the insight of the doctoral education in China. A systematic review is applied to examine the doctoral education development in contemporary China. The findings argue that there are tremendous challenges in China’s current doctoral cultivation system. The current doctoral talent cultivation encountered various difficulties, specifically for creating the effectiveness of world-class universities. The student–faculty relations were regard as a key theme to investigate the doctoral education development in current China’s higher education system. The findings indicated that the selected studies in regard to the doctoral graduate education focusing on the cultivation of innovation ability, the interdisciplinary graduate student training has become one of the important ways of graduate education reform. In addition, the conclusion and remark were offered in the last.

International students’ perception of research supervision in the Social Sciences: the case of three comprehensive universities in China

ABSTRACT Due to the internationalisation of higher education, much research has been focused on internationalising the curriculum, while little is known about internationalising research supervision. Research supervision is very pertinent as far as students’ acquisition of sustainable research skills is concerned. This study examined the perceptions of international postgraduate students on research supervision. The study focused on finding out if international postgraduate students are satisfied with their research supervisors and finding out the type of Feedback international students received from their supervisors. Exploratory case study research design was used, adopting qualitative research methodology. The study participants were 60 postgraduate Social Science international students from three comprehensive universities in China. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants; only international students in Social Sciences participated in this study. A semi-structured interview guide was used as the instrument for data collection. The data collected was analysed thematically. This study found that only a few students were satisfied with their supervisors. A majority of the respondents were not satisfied with their supervisors’ contributions in their thesis or dissertation writing and the type of feedback they received from their supervisors. This shows that universities striving to achieve their aspirations of becoming world-class universities in terms of internationalisation need to guide and support supervisors who supervise international students. Some recommendations are made that need to be effectively implemented to enhance international students’ acquisition of research skills.

Experience of Building World Class Universities in China and some Questions for Vietnam’s Higher Education System

Developing a high quality higher education system with world class universities is essential for developing countries in catching up and competing with developed countries, especially in the age of the 4.0 industrial revolution in which a knowledge-based economy and a high quality labour force will determine the wealth of a country. This study demonstrates the experience of China - the second largest economy in the world in developing its higher education system and world class universities. The main issues covered include: historical development of the system, its main characteristics, current achievements and contemporary challenges. Based on this experience, several questions are raised with regard to future development of Vietnam’s higher education for education policies makers to consider.

Соціальне підприємництво в університетах: зв’язок теорії та практики

ities. Social entrepreneurship is not seen only as an innovative means of solving a number of social problems, but as a new field of activity of universities, which fits the understanding of the "third mission". Purpose. The emphasis is placed on the connection between defining the mission of the university, positioning itself as a "world-class university" or "university that solves world problems" and the development of social entrepreneurship, as the practical implementation of this mission and providing real services to society.ntrepreneurship from teaching students social entrepreneurship in theory and practice to providing expert support to social entrepreneurs, authorities, communities. Based on the analysis of the experience of European, American and Asian universities, there are main accents in teaching social entrepreneurship such as - to teach strategic social partnership, teach to create, scale and replicate social values and social change, to measure social impact, to foresee potential sources of financial resources. The activities of the fund “Ashok” in support of student social entrepreneurship have been briefly analyzed. The main problems of legalization and legitimization of university social entrepreneurship have been identified: the creation of a legal framework for student social enterprises, the formation of relationships with regional authorities. The main reasons for the significant distance away from Ukrainian universities in realizing the importance of social entrepreneurship have been highlighted. Conclusions. Recommendations are formulated to accelerate the introduction of social entrepreneurship in the educational process in Ukrainian universities. They cover all areas of university activities: scientific researches by teachers and students, educational activities, practices of organizing social enterprises, their relationships with government entities in the regions of operation etc.

What drives global science? The four competing narratives

ABSTRACT Since 1990 there has been remarkable growth and diversification of worldwide capacity and output in science, and a distinctive global science system has emerged, primarily grounded in research universities, fostered by Internet-mediated communication and publication in English, cross-border authorship and researcher mobility. While global science overlaps with and is affected by national science systems, it is constituted by pan-national knowledge flows and collegial collaboration and has partial autonomy. Four different interpretive frameworks (narratives) have evolved to explain global science: science as an expanding cross-border network; science as an arms race between competing nations; science as a global market of competing ‘World-Class Universities’; and science as a centre-periphery hierarchy in which emerging countries are permanently constrained by Euro-American dominance. The paper reviews each narrative in relation to the literature, especially in scientometrics, and empirical tendencies in global science, tracked in secondary data derived from bibliometric collections. While each narrative contains at least a grain of truth, each also conflicts with the others and each is radically insufficient. A better explanation of the drivers of global science combines (1) flat open networked relations with (2) the inequalities and closures shaped by global hegemony, arbitrarily modified by (3) national governments and specific resources.

Walailak Abode of Culture journal and advancement toward international databases

Walailak Abode of Culture journal has been a journal in art and culture for more than 20 years with determination to disseminate news and knowledge of art and culture and serve as an open forum for exchange of academic knowledge of art and culture. Walailak Abode of Culture is a journal of Walailak University, nurtured and driven forward under Walailak University 20-year strategic plan transforming the university into “prestigious research university of Thailand” and “World class University”.
 Walailak Abode of Culture Journal needs to devise a development plan to promote the journal’s standard to measure up to international databases’ standard. This article presents a promotion and development plan of Walailak Abode of Culture Journal outlined based on the analysis of the journal’s various topics: workflow of CJWU, analysis of CJWU using SWOT Analysis, Setting OKR objective and key results of the journal and strategic plan of the journal operation. The insights extracted will be used as strategies and guidelines on making the journal achieve the goals by leaps and bounds on the basis of virtue and responsibility, and paving the way for international databases as planned between 2023 and 2027.

Development of university research potential as the basis of competitive quality of higher education in the United States: experience for Ukraine

The development of University research potential (URP) in the USA during 1950-2020 in view of achieving competitive quality of higher education is analysed in the article.
 The national deterministic context and components of this potential by the types of activity (educational, research) and by the resources (personnel, financial, organizational) as well as component impact on the highest excellence quality of education (according to the criteria of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU) are identified. It is proved that the context of URP development is dichotomous and consists of national spheres of education and research. This assertion corresponds to the duality of higher education (as an integrated intersection of education and research) and the composition and structure of higher education mission (list of interrelated keywords and the order of their priority: education, research, creativity / innovation).
 It is substantiated that URP is first actualized within study programmes of the highest level of complexity (Master's, PhD and Postdoctoral), research activity of academic staff (especially professors) and research organizations associated with Universities (institutes, centres, laboratories, clinics). This reasoning conforms to the concept and criteria for research and doctoral Universities in line with the Carnegie Classification. These components are integrated into the educational process to varying degrees, so they have a different impact on the quality of education. For the first 30 top US Universities, there is no probable correlation between ranking achievements and the amount of research and developments (R&D) funding as well as the number of researchers in institutions. Instead, such correlation is strong for the number of Postdoctorates in an institution.
 In general, there is a steady trend of downward in the share of the higher education sector within R&D performance in the US that amounted to 12.0 % in 2019. Although scale of higher education sector share is still growing quantitatively and is the basis for modernizing education content. At the same time, Master's, PhD and Postdoctoral programmes are spreading at a significant pace. In the 1959/60 academic year, the ratio of the number of awarded Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees was 1 : 27 : 7.5, in 2018/19 – 1 : 41 : 9.3 under multiple times increased graduation. Between 1979 and 2019, the number of Postdoctorates increased 3.7 times. Salaries of academic staff, especially professors, are increased, academic staff workload is minimized and subject-oriented, a system of permanent employment is proposed, and a modern educational, research, and information infrastructure is created for effective research and research-based education activity.
 The national context of the development of URP is stably favourable given the increase in the share of GDP for the funding of education institutions in general, higher education institutions in particular, and R&D especially. The corresponding expenditures reached 7.1 %, 3.0 % and 3.1 % GDP and are the largest ones quantitatively in the world. Purposeful and consolidated (federal, business, university, public) support for education and R&D has been and is provided in critical periods of the country's competitive struggle for leadership in an innovatively progressive world. The state of these spheres, in particular higher education, and URP, is systematically examined. The decades of the 1960s of the last century and the twenties of the present century are significant. In the 1960s, the share of GDP for the higher education institutions funding was doubled, the number of awarded Master's degrees was increased almost tripled, and the award of PhD degrees was increased six times to overcome the threat of educational and scientific backwardness. R&D funding reached 2.8 % of GDP, of which 1.9 % came from the federal budget. Funding for Universities’ R&D has increased 3.6 times. The super-powerful public University of California, San Diego (1960), 9 other world-class Universities, and 6 subworld-class Universities according to the ARWU, the National Academy of Engineering (1964), and the National Academy of Education (1965) were established.
 The characteristics of state, monitoring and development policy of the URP and educational and research context in the US is a guideline for the improvement of Ukrainian Universities.

Esplorasi website Perpustakaan Universitas Harvard, Universitas Gadjah Mada dan Universitas Telkom

Introduction. This article evaluates library websites of world class universities in Indonesia from several aspects including features, responsibility, and speed. One library website overseas is explored as a reference: Harvard University. 
 Data Collection Method. This is a literature study exploring features on library websites of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and Telkom University.
 Data analysis. The study used Harvard University library website as a reference. The results were presented into tables to discuss library websites of UGM and Telkom University.
 Results and Discussion. Harvard University library webiste has 21 features except gallery, UGM has 11 features and Telkom University has 12 features similar to Harvard University library webiste. Our result showed that Library website of UGM and Telkom University still need to be improved as required to be a world class university. All three websites has an adjustable display depending on devices in accessing websites. Those three websites were considered as responsive websites. Based on PageSpeed Insight, they showed good performance.
 Conclusion. Information on the websites are well-managed, informative, efficient, and accessible. Universities in Indonesia may use several overseas university library websites as a reference.

Remaking higher education for the post‐COVID‐19 era: Critical reflections on marketization, internationalization and graduate employment

This Special Issue was conceived and developed following a series of international conferences held in Asia, with a particular focus on critically reflecting upon higher education development in the region from broader social and political economy perspectives. Some of the papers in this Special Issue were selected from presentations in the East Asia Social Policy (EASP) Research Network Conference successfully held in Taiwan in 2018, while others were chosen from international events held at Lingnan University in Hong Kong presenting critical reviews and reflections on internationalization, marketization and graduate employment of higher education in Asia. This introductory article puts the discussions of the selected papers in this issue in context, with critical reflections on the key issues being examined in these papers. The Special Issue is published when the world is still confronting the unprecedented global health crisis resulted from the outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article discusses the higher education development trends in Asia through the massification, diversification and internationalisation processes in transforming the higher education system and examines how these development trends are affected by the COVID‐19 crisis.

IDENTIFIKASI PRASYARAT TRANSFORMASI SISTEM MANAJEMEN RISET PERGURUAN TINGGI INDONESIA MENUJU WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY

This research was conducted to identify enabling factors for an effective transformation of Higher Education Institution’s (HEI’s) research management system in Indonesia towards World Class University (WCU) status. Three clusters of HEIs, particularly PTN-bh WCU, PTN-bh and PTN Non-bh produced exceptional studies output and outcome (citation) wherein PTN-bh WCU produced the best quantity of publications and citations. The data analysis technique in this study used a comparative analysis of research mapping and Biplot analysis. The result of the Biplot analysis indicate that research infrastructure as essential enabler for all HEIs. Biplot also displays the important enabler that affected research productivity in PTN Non-bh (research human resources, academic collaboration), PTN-bh (research funding, insentive, PTN-bh WCU (academic culture, system and management research). Keywords: research management system, enabler factors, transformation, world class university, Biplot analysis

Data visualization as a research support service in academic libraries: An investigation of world-class universities

This study aims to shed light on the data visualization services (DVS) provided online by the academic libraries of world-class universities. Thirty library websites from the top 100 universities listed in the QS World University Rankings 2021 were selected for this study. The university library websites were examined and were visited many times for gathering data. The results obtained showed that DVS can be divided into five aspects: information, services, training, tools and software, and information resources. Most libraries (93.3%) offered data visualization tools and software such as Tableau, R, Excel, Gephi, and Plotly. Twenty-six libraries (86.67%) provided information resources related to data visualization such as textbooks, data sources, external links to e-resources, and blogs. Moreover, 80% of the libraries offered DVS to the university community through their webpages. The findings of this study can help academic libraries improve DVS and draw the attention of libraries worldwide toward providing DVS in the future.

Research ethics: a profile of retractions from world class universities.

This study aims to profile the scientific retractions published in journals indexed in the Web of Science database from 2010 to 2019, from researchers at the top 20 World Class Universities according to the Times Higher Education global ranking of 2020. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression were used to analyze the data. Of the 330 analyzed retractions, Harvard University had the highest number of retractions and the main reason for retraction was data results. We conclude that the universities with a higher ranking tend to have a lower rate of retraction.

Building world class universities through innovative teaching governance

There is a growing interest in educational innovation in universities at a global level, as a tool designed to create strategic changes in order to improve quality. This study evaluates the global improvement in universities as a result of educational innovation governance, as a pillar of the so-called world-class research universities and as a tool for continuous improvement in higher education. The methodology has been designed by different educational innovation groups from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Cádiz, and the International Project Management Association Spanish Board, and includes an analysis of 67 universities from 20 countries. The study is based on 32 universities in Spain, as well as 35 other international universities that carry out educational innovation activity. The results show that universities that have a more mature educational innovation governance in place, both in Spain as well as in other countries, are higher in the ranking of universities (Webometrics). These universities demonstrate a tendency to work on educational innovation projects, which are contributing to strategic changes that will permanently revitalise teaching, whilst also improving research and its links to society.

IoT Usage On Smart Campus: A Systematic Literature Review

— At present and along with the development of the times, higher education or campuses are increasingly competing with each other, especially in Indonesia. Each campus is competing to improve its quality so that it has a good assessment and can become a World Class University. This is done in various ways, for example, such as providing campus infrastructure that is equipped with adequate technology or combining technology into activities or all processes on campus, this is called the implementation of a smart campus. So that by forming a smart campus, the campus can produce better quality human resources. One form of technological advancement is the emergence of internet technology, the Internet stands for interconnection networking as a communication network connecting between electronic media using the standard IP (Internet Protocol). The internet has many benefits that make it widely used in various industrial sectors, one of which is in the higher education industry. IoT exists as an evolution of the internet as a system that has remote control. IoT is one of the right solutions to support smart campus implementation. The use of IoT on a smart campus can improve campus quality, efficiency and effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to determine the description of IoT, the network technology used and how the implementation can be done on a smart campus

African Universities: Problems, COVID-19 & Efforts

It is necessary to know the state of the Universities in Latin America. The general objective was determine the situation of African Universities: Problems, COVID-19 & Efforts. Methodology, in this research, 39 documents have been selected, carried out in the period 2016 - 2021; including: scientific articles, review articles and information from websites of recognized organizations. The keywords used in the searches were: African universities, African higher education, African universities COVID-19. Results, Universities in Africa receive inadequate funding, while maintenance costs rise; the Covid-19 pandemic had already had an impact on normal university expenditure and in short, the vision is to create world-class universities, based on African models and solutions. Conclusions, during the pandemic, African universities have closed their doors and due to the lack of technological resources and Internet access for students, classes cannot be taught properly.

Priority Policies And Program Of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung Toward World Class University

The rising global competition makes State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, to increase the quality of its institution toward World Class University. This study aims to describe the university policies and the recommended top priority programs for the next five years (2019-2023). This study was conducted in 2019 on the campus. The study used descriptive analysis and the result was analyzed based on Quacquarelly Symonds (QS) ranking. The data was gathered using a forum group discussion and field study. The field study was in the form of benchmarking on several universities in Indonesia. The result showed that the growth rate was constant, and it can be meassured that UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung will become World Class University by 2029; It will have score 23 and will be in the 500 QS Asia World University ranking. Through annual programs and targets, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung can achieve its goals to be a world class university. 
 Keywords—Higher Educational Institution; QS Ranking; UIN Sunan Gunung Djati; World Class University