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SUMMARY:William C. Kirby - "Empire of Ideas: Creating the Modern Universi
 ty from Germany to America to China\," (Book Discussion)
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DESCRIPTION:WEBINAR: Today American institutions dominate nearly every ma
 jor ranking of global universities. Yet in historical terms\, America’s 
 preeminence is relatively new\, and there is no reason to assume that U.
 S. schools will continue to lead the world a century from now. Indeed\, 
 America’s supremacy in higher education is under great stress\, particul
 arly at its public universities. At the same time Chinese universities a
 re on the ascent. Thirty years ago\, Chinese institutions were reopening
  after the catastrophe of the Cultural Revolution\; today they are some 
 of the most innovative educational centers in the world. Will China thre
 aten American primacy?\n\nEmpires of Ideas looks to the past two hundred
  years for answers\, chronicling two revolutions in higher education: th
 e birth of the research university and its integration with the liberal 
 education model. William C. Kirby examines the successes of leading univ
 ersities—The University of Berlin and the Free University of Berlin in G
 ermany\; Harvard\, Duke\, and the University of California\, Berkeley\, 
 in the United States—to determine how they rose to prominence and what t
 hreats they currently face. Kirby draws illuminating comparisons to the 
 trajectories of three Chinese contenders: Tsinghua University\, Nanjing 
 University\, and the University of Hong Kong\, which aim to be world-cla
 ss institutions that can compete with the best the United States and Eur
 ope have to offer. But Chinese institutions also face obstacles. Kirby a
 nalyzes the challenges that Chinese academic leaders must confront: rein
 vesting in undergraduate teaching\, developing new models of funding\, a
 nd navigating a political system that may undermine a true commitment to
  free inquiry and academic excellence. \n\nIn this webinar\, Prof. Kirby
  will delve deeper into the key points in his acclaimed book and partici
 pate in a Q&A session subsequent to the talk. \n\n
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