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China's Rising Research Universities
Rhoads, Robert A.; Wang, Xiaoyang Sean; Shi, Xiaoguang; Chang, Yongcai
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Description for China's Rising Research Universities
Offering important insights into the changing higher education policy context in an age increasingly defined by globalization, China's Rising Research Universities will appeal to higher education leaders and policymakers; students, faculty, and scientists who interact with Chinese counterparts; and scholars of international and comparative studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
This timely study charts the intentional and accelerated rise of China's research universities by analyzing how state policy has transformed key institutions. Specifically, it addresses how state initiatives have influenced faculty life and academic culture at these campuses. Based on empirical studies at four of the nation's leading universities and including more than seventy semi-structured interviews with professors and key administrators, China's Rising Research Universities sheds light on fundamental changes in faculty life. These changes amount to nothing short of a dramatic transformation of academic culture at the nation's top universities. National initiatives driven by China's Ministry of Education ... Read more
This timely study charts the intentional and accelerated rise of China's research universities by analyzing how state policy has transformed key institutions. Specifically, it addresses how state initiatives have influenced faculty life and academic culture at these campuses. Based on empirical studies at four of the nation's leading universities and including more than seventy semi-structured interviews with professors and key administrators, China's Rising Research Universities sheds light on fundamental changes in faculty life. These changes amount to nothing short of a dramatic transformation of academic culture at the nation's top universities. National initiatives driven by China's Ministry of Education ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421414539
SKU
V9781421414539
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99-46
About Rhoads, Robert A.; Wang, Xiaoyang Sean; Shi, Xiaoguang; Chang, Yongcai
Robert A. Rhoads is UCLA Professor and Division Head of Higher Education and Organizational Change and a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Chinese Studies. He also is a Visiting University Chair Professor at Renmin University. His books include Global Citizenship and the University: Advancing Social Life and Relations in an Interdependent World and Freedom's Web: Student Activism ... Read more
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