Essential Infrastructures for World-Class Universities
Proceedings of National Conference on Research in Higher Education, Learning and Administration, 1(1), pp. 01-23, ISBN No. : 978-81-941751-0-0, IQAC 2019
23 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2019
Date Written: October 10, 2019
Abstract
Higher education institutions including universities finding more challenges due to enhanced competitions worldwide. Innovations in higher education model are finding importance than ever before due to enhanced higher education institutions and the advancement in technology adopted mass education opportunities. After privatization of higher education, there is an enhanced competition between universities to attract students globally. Universities are competing with each other in terms of their physical and intellectual assets. In this paper, it is postulated that the six essential infrastructures to be developed by a university for accelerated growth as world-class university are:
(1) Physical infrastructure
(2) Digital infrastructure
(3) Innovative academic & training Infrastructure for confidence building
(4) Intellectual property infrastructure
(5) Emotional infrastructure
(6) Networked infrastructure
We have determined the primary focus of these infrastructures along with their essential objectives, components, and the procedure of developing them to the optimum level.
Keywords: World-Class Universities, Essential Assets, Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Academic & Training Infrastructure, Intellectual Property Infrastructure, Emotional Infrastructure, Networked Infrastructure
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