Survival of the Fittest The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Li, Qi (Editor), Gerstl-Pepin, Cynthia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: New Frontiers of Educational Research,
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.

This book will examine how universities in China and the US are responding to markets and increasing global competition. For both countries, a university education is seen as key to economic development. While China and the US have two very different political systems, they represent the two largest...