The New Flagship University: Changing the Paradigm from Global Ranking to National Relevancy by John Douglass provides an expansive and aspirational vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities that dominate the attention of many universities and government ministries. The New Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape or bolster their missions and academic cultures, and to pursue organizational features intended to expand their relevancy in the societies that give them life and purpose. Chapters by contributing authors detail the historical and contemporary role of leading national university in Asia, South America, Russia, and Scandinavia, and consider how the New Flagship model might be applied and expanded on.