WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Auditorium J1-050
(World Bank J Building,18th Street and Pennsylvania)

Chair:

Elizabeth King, Director of Education, World Bank

Presenter:

Richard Miller, President, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Philip Altbach, Professor of Higher Education & Director of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Governments are becoming increasingly aware of the important contribution that high performance, world-class universities make to global competitiveness and economic growth. There is growing recognition, in both industrial and developing countries, of the need to establish one or more world-class universities that can compete effectively with the best of the best around the world. Contextualizing the drive for world-class higher education institutions and the power of international and domestic university rankings, this book outlines possible strategies and pathways for establishing globally competitive universities and explores the challenges, costs, and risks involved. Its findings will be of particular interest to policy makers, university leaders, researchers, and development practitioners.