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The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University

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The New Flagship University

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Higher education in Asia has a long history of leading national universities that have some of the New Flagship University characteristics—primarily as highly selective institutions, employing among the best scholars and serving as the primary path for creating a nation’s civic elites in the absence of other postsecondary institutions (Hawkins 2013). Historically, these leading universities were grounded in national service, but with a limited vision of their role in socioeconomic mobility, economic development, and public service. One thinks of Tokyo University, Peking University, and Seoul National University in East Asia, and on a smaller scale, their counterparts in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

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Hawkins, J.N. (2016). The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University. In: Douglass, J.A. (eds) The New Flagship University. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500496_5

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