Opposition to Public Higher Education in New York State: 1870-1880

A significant amount of opposition surrounded the development of state supported public secondary and higher education in New York State throughout the eighth decade of the nineteenth century. Opposition appeared within various sectors of the social structure. However, this paper will concern itself with the opponents who occupied a political, or politically influential position. They include two governors of the State, a Regent of the State University, a president of a university, a Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the editor of a scholarly journal.published_or_final_versio

China's Expansion, Consolidation, and Globalization

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China's Expansion, Consolidation, and Globalization

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Anchoring globalization in Hong Kong's research universities: network agents, institutional arrangements, and brain circulation

International competition drives research universities to find ways to anchor globalization for academic productivity and innovation through cross-border collaboration. This article examines the case of pre- and post-colonial Hong Kong and how its universities transited from undergraduate institutions to highly ranked research universities within 30 years. While this is attributed to an enabling environment of institutional autonomy, open borders and cross-cultural capacity, a case study of one research university points to the role played in all of Hong Kong's universities by network agents, institutional arrangements, and brain circulation to recruit and retain international scholars and scientists. While this has strengthened capacity, it cannot be sustained without indigenous academic leadership to ensure that globalization is anchored in local culture. The article makes the case that the Hong Kong model already studied by research universities on the Chinese mainland, is generalizable as a cosmopolitan model for developing countries.postprin

Representations of ethnic minorities in China's university media

This paper examines the representation of ethnic minorities in China through a review of campus newspapers, a major print medium in which universities exercise power over the discourse of cultural recognition. Three universities attended by minority students were selected. A two-dimensional mode (content and configuration) is established to analyze ethnic representations. A combination of content analysis and discourse analysis is used to categorize and analyze text and photographs relevant to ethnicity. The study concludes that (1) different discursive practices are employed to construct 'images' of ethnic groups as 'Others' or 'Us'; (2) representations of ethnic minorities and the Han generate three discursive dichotomies between minority and majority: minority groups are distinctive, potentially separatistic, and visible; and the Han people are normative, patriotic, and invisible, respectively; (3) the university media reflects an ideology of 'state multiculturalism' that constructs a reflexive representation of the relationship between majority and minority. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.postprin

A preliminary review of the Hong Kong changing academic profession data

This paper contains a preliminary look at the 2007 data from the Hong Kong CAP study. It includes basic information about the sample and methodology, as well as a review of selected data about the profile of academic staff and their views about working conditions, management and internationalism. The paper also makes reference to selected data gathered in 1993 and 1999. Finally, the paper provides a brief summary and some thoughts about possible directions for future research on Hong Kong’s changing academic profession.published_or_final_versio

大學校園中的民族認同感：北京的蒙古族學生

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Tibet's relocated schooling: Popularization reconsidered

China has popularized relocated boarding schools for Tibetans in China. This paper examines the origin and development of these neidi schools, and the perspectives of their graduates. Despite their popularity among Tibetan households, this paper argues that their sustainability over the longer term is less certain. © 2009 By the Regents of the University of California.published_or_final_versio

Hong Kong’s academic advantage

與擁有十多億人口、并且為建設世界一流大學投入前所未有經費的中國內地相比,為什么七百萬人口的中國香港特區能夠擁有更多排名靠前的研究型大學?對這個問題的探討,也許會為全球研究型大學的發展提供重要啟迪。一、香港大學的學術現狀香港有三所大學在世界大學排名中得分斐然,而且所有的八所公立大學在學術上的成就也令世人尊重。這三所名校——香港大學、香港科技大學、香港中文大學——在'泰晤士高等教育'2011年度排名分別為第34、61和151名。Why is it that Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, with a population of 7 million, has more highly ranked research universities than mainland China—with its population of 1 billion and unprecedented expenditures for establishing world-class research universities? The answers may yield important insights for the improvement of research universities everywhere.postprin