Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Coates, Hamish
• Xie, Zheping
• Wen, Wen

Titel

University president voices

Ist Teil von

• Global University President Leadership, 2022, Vol.1, p.3-8

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• There is enormous value in studying the presidents who run the world's major universities. These leaders make substantial and growing contributions to academic and social affairs. Yet very little is known about who they are, what they do, and how they perceive their roles and institutions. We frame our research into 'global university presidents.' We define this role, examine the research mandate, articulate the unique value of interviewing presidents, and detail the broad structure of the interviews and reports. As the interviews convey, delving into this research sheds important light on higher education. While universities may have always had international characteristics, in recent decades, certain universities have emphasized their global perspective and role. Globally focused universities can be characterized by a deeply international vision or perspective, geographic and cultural dispersion, international renown, playing a national flagship role, being research-intensive, and often being 'world-class.' Tsinghua University launched the University President Interviews project in 2019. This project absorbs the experience and best practices of university leaders, promotes understanding and cooperation with partners, and builds insight into global higher education. There is substantial research and practical value in studying university presidents and their leadership. Such work shifts the study of university presidents out of the secretive ethers and into the zone of scientific research. Finding out about global university presidents is becoming more important given the changing political economy of higher education in many countries whereby the locus of power and responsibility is shifting from systems to institutions, emphasizing the work of university leaders.