Empires of Ideas : : Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China / / William C. Kirby.

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• VerfasserIn: Kirby, William C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first? Today American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Y...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: The “World-Class” University
• 1 The University in Germany: A Historical Introduction
• 2 The Modern Original: the University of Berlin
• 3 Truth, Justice, and Freedom in a Cold War World: Free University of Berlin
• 4 The Rise and Challenges of American Research Universities
• 5 Rising through Change and through Storm: Harvard University
• 6 Public Mission, Private Funding: The University of California, Berkeley
• 7 Outrageous Ambitions: Duke University
• 8 A Chinese Century? ¡e Revival and Rise of Chinese Universities
• 9 From Preparatory Academy to National Flagship: Tsinghua University
• 10 The Burden of History: Nanjing University
• 11 Asia’s Global University? ¡e University of Hong Kong
• Conclusion: Lessons and Prospects
• Notes
• Index