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Altbach, Philip G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Research universities are a central part of all academic systems. They are the key points of international contact and involvement. Research is produced, disseminated and in many cases imported. For developing countries, the mechanisms for the involvement of research universities in the global knowledge economy is complex, and includes issues of…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Knowledge Economy, Developing Nations, Technology Transfer
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Knobel, Marcelo; Simoes, Tania Patricia; de Brito Cruz, Carlos Henrique – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The world science scenario has observed, in recent years, an important transformation. With the advent of fairly complete publication databases and the improvement of the Internet a number of world university rankings were created, with a clear bias towards research universities. Also, a new field of scientometrics has been developed, and recent…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Best Practices, College Role, Institutional Role
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Bastalich, Wendy – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
The "knowledge economy" has been received with considerable scepticism by scholars within the fields of political economy, social and political philosophy, and higher education. Key arguments within this literature are reviewed in this article to suggest that, despite policy claims, "knowledge economy" does not describe a "new" mode of economic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Information Technology, Telecommunications