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Survival of the Fittest

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

  • A contracts between the strategic change in China’s higher education and that in US higher education
  • Strategies used to address core issues in the two higher education systems
  • New directions and challenges for their future ?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: New Frontiers of Educational Research (NFER)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Strategies Used to Address Core Issues in Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. The Dilemma of Assessment in the US

      • Craig K. Pepin
      Pages 73-83

About this book

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 economies in the world and share beliefs that higher education plays an integral role to economic development. The book will bring together scholars with multiple perspectives on the topic to create dialogue around similarities and differences. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and higher educational administrators in both countries and other countries as well who are seeking to understand the strategic change in higher education in both China and the US. ​

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

    Qi Li

  • College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

    Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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