Do We Share a Common University Identity?

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  • Akiyoshi Yonezawa International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Sendai,

Keywords:

East Asia, university identity, university rankings

Abstract

The rise of East Asian knowledge economies has driven national leaders and higher education researchers to seek identities for their own universities and higher education systems. This trend may, in the end, lead to a crisis of the identity that universities have in common, as autonomous academic bodies.

Author Biography

Akiyoshi Yonezawa, International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Sendai,

Akiyoshi Yonezawa is professor and vice-director, International Strategy Office, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. E-mail: akiyoshi.yonezawa.a4@tohoku.ac.jp.

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Published

2020-01-13

How to Cite

Yonezawa, A. . (2020). Do We Share a Common University Identity?. International Higher Education, (100), 4–5. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14207

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