Will US-China Competition Unseat US Lead in Higher Education?
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About the Episode
As global institutions focused on research, innovation, and ideas, universities have historically been closely tied to geopolitical power. Today, America’s world-leading universities face growing competition, particularly from China, with far-reaching implications. Chronicle of Higher Education senior writer Karin Fischer and Harvard Business School professor and author William Kirby join Deep Dish to discuss how America's universities achieved their global preeminence, why this is now threatened, and how they might respond.
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Reading List
- Latitudes, Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China, William C. Kirby, Harvard University Press
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