Globalization in Higher Education – How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

When nine thriving Chinese universities banded together late last year to create an elite consortium informally known as China’s Ivy League, the development seemed only natural for an education-loving nation that ardently embraces the view that world-class universities drive economic growth. Today, China is "Exhibit A" in the emergence of a new and increasingly freewheeling global university marketplace.

At the same time, China’s impressive higher education progress has made it a symbol of what some see as the competitive threat posed by rising academic powers around the world. Such worries are unwarranted, but it is perhaps no surprise that they have become commonplace, given the surge of academic activity in China and beyond.

Ben Wildavsky, Guest Scholar, Governance Studies

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