Troika!

This book provides a personal history of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and its remarkable rise, starting from 2003, into the ranks of the top universities in the world as a leading Asian university and the youngest (less than 50 years old) to have achieved this status. It describes the role of the leadership team of Su Guaning, Haresh Shah, and Bertil Andersson, which together formed the 'Troika'. It provides a record of NTU's growth and how it came about through a root and branch reform of the university executed, with the support of the Singapore Government and the NTU Board of Trustees, by the Troika, to become such a prominent academic institution.
Contents:

• Foreword I

• Foreword II

• Preface

• About the Authors

• Acknowledgements

• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

• Introduction

• Base Camp — Setting The Scene:

  • The Starting Point for Change
  • From Third World to First — Singapore's Higher Education and Research
  • Nanyang Technological University — Its Early History and Evolution
  • A Farewell to Arms — Guaning's Tale
  • An 'Earth-Shaking' Trajectory from California to Singapore — Haresh's Tale
  • From the Arctic to the Equator: A Viking's Journey — Bertil's Tale

• Plotting the Route:

  • Troika: The Council of Three
  • Academic Governance Evolution and Reform
  • Developing the Strategic Plan
  • The Chinese Connection

• The Ascent:

  • Restructuring the University
  • Finance and Budgetary Reform
  • Reforming Education — Producing the Graduates of the Future
  • Elephants and Gazelles: The People Factor
  • A Unique Medical School
  • The Research Powerhouse Part 1: The Big Picture
  • The Research Powerhouse Part 2: Systems, Structures and Quality
  • Ranking and Reputation
  • Communicating with and Serving the Society
  • The University in a Tropical Garden
  • A Great Global University: Taking NTU to the World

• Peaks Ahead:

  • Unfinished Business — Future Challenges in an Uncertain World

• Appendices

• Bibliography

• Index

Readership: Academic leaders and managers worldwide; Asian educationalists and policy-makers; Singapore public.
Key Features:

• It is on the history of the rise of a unique Asian institution into a World leading position
• The book provides a guide for university leadership as to how to undertake and implement reforms
• It is especially relevant to the university leaderships in Asia, particularly China and other parts of the World