China’s educational resurgence is much less a threat than an opportunity for American and other international universities.
We live in a de-globalizing world. The United States and China each privilege self-interest over common concerns. Mutual paranoia has taken precedence over mutual benefit. Each country imagines a future of greater “self-sufficiency” even if neither has ever gained from it. What does this mean for the world of universities? For the world of shared research and learning?
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My new book, Empires of Ideas, asks this question: if German universit
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