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The Russian excellence project, referred to as the 5–100 program, is coming to an end. While it did not accomplish one of its goals to catapult some Russian universities into the top 100 of the global university rankings, the project achieved a number of important objectives. These include internationalization, improved management, and strengthened research infrastructure and productivity. The Russian government is currently considering a new program for university improvement.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- The Art of Starting a New University /Jamil Salmi , Philip G. Altbach , Liz Reisberg and Isak Froumin -- From Technical School to World-Class Polytechnic /Gérard Escher -- Building and Sustaining Academic Excellence /Tony F. Chan -- Innovation and the Development of Human Resources in the Gulf /Fred Moavenzadeh -- A World-Class Experiment in Kazakhstan /Shigeo Katsu and Aray Saniyazova -- Olin College of Engineering /Richard K. Miller and Ann-Marie Dorning -- Building a New Academic Institution /Thomas L. Magnanti -- Building Skoltech /Edward Crawley -- The University of Luxembourg /Franck Leprévost -- Establishing a World-Class University from Scratch /Artemy Morozov and Pavel Shchedrovitskiy.

The Emergence and Reality of Contemporary Internationalization -- Tracking a Global Academic Revolution -- The Logic of Mass Higher Education -- The Prospects for the BRICs : The New Academic Superpowers? -- Internationalization and Global Tension : Lessons from History -- Globalization and the University : Myths and Realities in an Unequal World -- The Internationalization of Higher Education : Motivations and Realities -- Higher Education Crosses Borders -- The Globalization of College and University Rankings -- The Imperial Tongue : English as the Dominating Academic Language -- The University as Center and Periphery -- Research Universities in Developing Countries -- Twisted Roots : The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education -- Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education -- Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges -- The Giants Awake : The Present and Future of Higher Education Systems in China and India -- Academic Remuneration and Contracts -- Student Political Activism

This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context