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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Li, Qi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gerstl-Pepin, Cynthia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: New Frontiers of Educational Research,
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Dedication
• Part One: Markets, Competition, and Strategic Change in Higher Education
• Chapter 1: Wolverton: Creating Creative Creators: China and the United States’ Common Quest
• Chapter 2: Lane & Owens, Fostering Economic Competitiveness in China and the US: Untangling the Web of Competing Regulations and Interests
• Chapter 3: Zha & Lin, China’s Move to Mass Higher Education: Analyzing the Policy Execution with a “NATO-Scheme”
• Chapter 4: Powers, Conflict of Interest and U.S. University Technology Licensing
• Part Two: Strategies Used to Address Core Issues in Higher Education
• Chapter 5: Li, Beyond Summative Evaluation: Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in China’s Higher Education
• Chapter 6: Pepin, The Dilemma of Assessment in the U.S.
• Chapter 7: Claussen, The Evolving Role of the Ombudsman in American Higher Education
• Chapter 8: Kezar & Gerke, Grassroots Leadership: Responding to Declining Shared Governance in the Neoliberal World
• Part Three: New Directions and Future Possibilities
• Chapter 9: Cook, Professional Development for Chinese University Leaders: Collaboration, Not Competition
• Chapter 10: Mok, Transforming from “Economic Power” to “Soft Power”: Transnationalization and Internationalization of Higher Education in China
• Chapter 11: Mina, Strategic Planning: Devising the Way of U.S. Higher Education Institutions
• Chapter 12: Gerstl-Pepin, The False Promise of Market-Based Conceptions of Human Capital: Higher Education as a Public and Private Good.