PART I: EXPLORING THE NEW FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY MODEL; John Aubrey Douglass<br>Introduction: Seeking an Alternative Narrative<br>1. How Rankings Came to Determine World Class<br>2. The Origin of the Flagship Idea and Modern Adaptions<br>3. Profiling the Flagship Model<br>4. Considering National Contexts and other Variables<br>PART II: THE FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE<br>5. The Predicament of the Quest for WCU Status and Seeking an Asian Flagship University; John N. Hawkins<br>6. Latin America Flagship Universities: From Early Notions of State Building to Seeking a Larger Role in Society; Andrés Bernasconi and Daniela Véliz Calderón<br>7. Scandinavian Flagship Universities: An Appraisal of Leading National Universities in the European Context; Bjørn Stensaker and Tatiana Fumasoli <br>8. The Soviet Flagship University Model and its Contemporary Transition; Isak Froumin and Oleg Leshukov<br>9. Epilogue - Reflections on a New Flagship University; Manja Klemencic