TY - BOOK AU - Salmi,Jamil AU - Altbach,Philip G. TI - The road to academic excellence: the making of world-class research universities SN - 9780821388051 (alk. paper) AV - LC67.6 .R63 2011 U1 - 378.3'8 PY - 2011/// CY - Washington DC PB - World Bank KW - Education, Higher KW - Economic development KW - Universities and colleges KW - Higher education and state KW - Education and globalization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The book examines the experience of 11 universities in 9 countries that have grappled with the challenges of building successful research institutions in difficult circumstances and presenting the lessons learnt from these experiences ER -