The Chinese Century? The Challenges of Higher Education

 

William C. Kirby poses the question of whether Chinese universities are poised for global leadership in the spring 2014 issue of Dædalus published by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. "In higher education, China is building the fastest growing system–in quality as well as in quantity–in the world," writes Kirby, whose chapter explores whether China will measure up to history’s foremost global powers.