Research Universities and Academic Renaissance in the Global South: Lessons from Bangladesh(56 Global Perspectives on Higher Education)

This book explores how, through continuous innovation, solving challenging problems, and transforming outmoded thinking, knowledge opens up limitless opportunities while providing asymmetric strength to those (individuals, institutions, and nations) who possess it. From a global perspective, such asymmetries create dependencies and perpetuate the West’s colonial aspirations, enabling it to exert influence and exact a heavy price. This volume contends that the Global South must develop its own countervailing knowledge assets, best expressed through establishing a few high-quality research universities at the outset, embedded in a carefully nurtured ecosystem and a strong research culture that values curiosity, creativity and commitment. The state of Bangladesh’s universities provides a canvas to examine the challenges facing research in the region that developing nations can address creatively to expedite building a knowledge edifice for self-reliance and national pride.


Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations 1 Setting the Stage  1 The Race to the Top (R3T)  2 Global Knowledge Production: Two Theoretical Lenses  3 Contextualizing Research  4 The Research University 2 The Changing Research Landscape in Asia  1 Rise of the Asian Research Universities  2 Ranking Systems: Emergence and Rationale  3 A Word about Rankings  4 Pathways to World Class University Status in Asia  5 Lessons from the Region 3 Research Challenges in Bangladesh’s Universities  1 The Disconnect between Research and National Development  2 Research Challenges: Views of the Faculty  3 Problems of Student Researchers  4 Stepping Up 4 Structural Considerations  1 External Structural Factors  2 Internal Structural Factors  3 Summing Up 5 The Macro Environment of Research Universities  1 Culture  2 Ideological Influences  3 Political Environment  4 Economic Environment  5 Legal Environment  6 Social Demand for Knowledge  7 Technological Environment 6 The External Control of Research Universities  1 The Political Establishment  2 The Policy and Planning Body  3 The Ministry of Education  4 Regulatory Bodies  5 The New Intermediaries  6 Coordinating Research: The National Research Council 7 Building Networks and Alliances  1 Role of Industry in Knowledge Generation  2 Collaboration among Scholars and Institutions: Building Learning Communities  3 The Role of the Academic Diaspora  4 Students and Alumni as Partners  5 Sustaining Partnerships 8 Governance in the Research University  1 A Managerial Framework: The 7 Ps  2 Leadership  3 Building a Culture of Research  4 Managing Faculty Resources  5 Administration for Research  6 Autonomy and Academic Freedom 9 Quality Assurance of Research  1 Quality of Research  2 Quality Assurance of Research  3 Quality Assurance of Publication and Dissemination  4 IRB: Institutional Review Board  5 Plagiarism Policy  6 Intellectual Property Policy 10 Reflections  1 Baseline Readiness  2 Priorities for a Restart  3 Ground Level Imperatives  4 Closing Thoughts Appendix A: Carnegie Classification Appendix B: WHO Guidelines: Quality Assurance Plan for Research Appendix C: The Belmont Report Appendix D: BRAC University Plagiarism Policy Appendix E: Intellectual Property Rights Appendix F: Office of Research Administration Services Org Chart (2024-09-02).pdf Appendix G: What Academic Freedom Is or Is Not Index

About the Author :
Syed Saad Andaleeb, Ph.D. (1989), Business Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University (and former Vice Chancellor, BRAC University). His publications blend transactions cost analysis, resource dependence theory, service delivery, and social exchange theory, including a book: Strategic Marketing Management in Asia (Emerald, 2016).