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In The Chinese Idea of a University: Phoenix Reborn, Rui Yang conceptualizes the cultural foundations of modern university development in Chinese societies. Instead of focusing on the uniqueness of the societies, this book aims to prove that one educational purpose could be fulfilled via many paths, and that most of the characteristics the university could be found in other institutions of higher learning. Citing the practices of four selected Chinese societies, Yang opposes the existence of an impassable chasm between Chinese and Western ideas of a university and argues that it is possible to combine Chinese and Western ideas of a university. Also, this book is one of the first in English to theorize the Chinese idea of a university. It links the historical events to the present, in a context of an enormous impact of Western academic models and institutions, from the beginning of modern universities in Chinese societies to the contemporary period.
Price: £58.00
Pages: 164
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date:
05 January 2023
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789888754298
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
“The scholarship is of high quality, based on a thorough critical reading of relevant literature in both English and Chinese, as well as detailed empirical research carried out on the campuses of eight leading universities in the four Chinese societies under consideration.”
—Ruth Hayhoe, professor, University of Toronto
“Yang Rui has produced an academic masterwork. East Asian universities are now global powers and the time of the ‘Chinese Idea’ has come. For Professor Yang this means hybrid East/West higher education. He develops this challenging idea with deep scholarship and clear exposition. A book that will last. Highly recommended!”
—Simon Marginson, professor, University of Oxford; joint editor-in-chief, Higher Education
Rui Yang is a professor and dean of education at the University of Hong Kong. His books include Governance Reforms in Higher Education: A Study of China (2014), Third Delight: Internationalization of Higher Education in China (2002), A Study of the Macro Background of Higher Education Development in China (in Chinese, 1995) and On Contemporary Educational Reforms (in Chinese, 1994).