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Title
Empires of ideas
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Monograph
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LCC: LA728 .K54 2022 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 378.43 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20211129)
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Summary
"The United States is the global leader in higher education, but this was not always the case and may not remain so. William Kirby examines sources of-and threats to-US higher education supremacy and charts the rise of Chinese competitors. Yet Chinese institutions also face problems, including a state that challenges the commitment to free inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The "world-class" university
The university in Germany: a historical introduction
The modern original: the University of Berlin
Truth, justice, and freedom in a Cold War world: the Free University of Berlin
The rise and challenges of American research universities
Rising through change and through storm: Harvard University
Public mission, private funding: the University of California, Berkeley
Outrageous ambitions: Duke University
A Chinese century? The revival and rise of Chinese universities
From preparatory academy to national flagship: Tsinghua University
The burden of history: Nanjing university
Asia's global university? The University of Hong Kong.
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Kirby, William C. Empires of ideas