Palace of ashes : China and the decline of American higher education /
Ferrara, Mark S.,
Palace of ashes : China and the decline of American higher education / Mark S. Ferrara. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Palace of ashes -- From Mandarins to Mao Zedong -- A shared humanistic heritage -- The Chinese moment -- Crisis in the American academy -- Global convergence and competition -- Pricing the paradigm Shift -- Restoring the palace.
"In addition to possessing the world's largest economies, China and the United States have extensive higher education systems comparable in size. By juxtaposing their long and distinctive educational traditions, Palace of Ashes offers compelling evidence that American colleges and universities are quickly falling behind in measures such as scholarly output and the granting of doctoral degrees in STEM fields. China, in contrast, has massed formidable economic power in support of its universities in an attempt to create the best educational system in the world. Palace of Ashes argues that the overall quality of U.S. institutions of higher learning has declined over the last three decades. Mark S. Ferrara places that decline in a broad historical context to illustrate how the forces of globalization are helping rapidly developing Asian nations--particularly China--transform their major universities into serious contenders for the world's students, faculty, and resources. Ferrara finds that American institutions have been harmed by many factors, including chronic state and federal defunding, unsustainable tuition growth, the adoption of corporate governance models, adjunctification, and the overall decline of humanities education relative to job-related training. Ferrara concludes with several key recommendations to help U.S. universities counter these trends and restore the palace of American higher learning"--Publisher's description.
9781421418001 (electronic bk.) 1421418002 (electronic bk.)
10298228-E003-45F0-9B3B-0A7033F39F21 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--China.
Universities and colleges--Standards--United States.
Universities and colleges--Standards--China.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Chine.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education and globalization.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--Standards.
China.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LA227.4 / .F47 2015eb
378.73
Palace of ashes : China and the decline of American higher education / Mark S. Ferrara. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Palace of ashes -- From Mandarins to Mao Zedong -- A shared humanistic heritage -- The Chinese moment -- Crisis in the American academy -- Global convergence and competition -- Pricing the paradigm Shift -- Restoring the palace.
"In addition to possessing the world's largest economies, China and the United States have extensive higher education systems comparable in size. By juxtaposing their long and distinctive educational traditions, Palace of Ashes offers compelling evidence that American colleges and universities are quickly falling behind in measures such as scholarly output and the granting of doctoral degrees in STEM fields. China, in contrast, has massed formidable economic power in support of its universities in an attempt to create the best educational system in the world. Palace of Ashes argues that the overall quality of U.S. institutions of higher learning has declined over the last three decades. Mark S. Ferrara places that decline in a broad historical context to illustrate how the forces of globalization are helping rapidly developing Asian nations--particularly China--transform their major universities into serious contenders for the world's students, faculty, and resources. Ferrara finds that American institutions have been harmed by many factors, including chronic state and federal defunding, unsustainable tuition growth, the adoption of corporate governance models, adjunctification, and the overall decline of humanities education relative to job-related training. Ferrara concludes with several key recommendations to help U.S. universities counter these trends and restore the palace of American higher learning"--Publisher's description.
9781421418001 (electronic bk.) 1421418002 (electronic bk.)
10298228-E003-45F0-9B3B-0A7033F39F21 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--China.
Universities and colleges--Standards--United States.
Universities and colleges--Standards--China.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--Chine.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education and globalization.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--Standards.
China.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
LA227.4 / .F47 2015eb
378.73