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  • 1 - Introduction

  • Matthew Hartley, University of Pennsylvania, Alan Ruby, University of Pennsylvania
  • Book:
    Pursuing Institutional Purpose
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    27 February 2025, pp 1-15
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    Many governments and universities have pursued excellence by emulating world-class models and relying on international ranking schemes for validation and ideas for improvement. Others have relied on traditional notions of quality and research productivity. These approaches rely on the accumulation of wealth and talent – strategies that are “rivalrous” limiting the opportunities of others to be as effective. Focusing on portraits of eight different institutions reveals other approaches to excellence, all of which rely on defining and pursuing a purpose.