China's Rising Research Universities: A New Era of Global Ambition

by Robert A. Rhoads, Xiaoguang Shi, Yongcai Chang, et al.

This tightly focused analysis of China's research universities offers important insights on the changing global landscape of higher education and the expanding role of China as a geopolitical leader.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421414538
• ISBN13: 9781421414539
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"