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The research university is a central institution of the twenty-first century—providing access to global science, producing basic and applied research, and educating leaders of the academe and society. Worldwide, there are very few research universities—they are expensive to develop and support, and the pressures of massification have placed priorities elsewhere. For developing countries, research universities are especially rare, and yet they are especially important as key ingredients for economic and social progress. This article argues for the importance of research universities in developing and middle-income countries and points out some of the challenges that such institutions face.
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A different version of this article appears in Altbach, P. G. and Jorge Balán, eds. World Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America. © 2007. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Altbach, P.G. Peripheries and centers: research universities in developing countries. Asia Pacific Educ. Rev. 10, 15–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-009-9000-9
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