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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, international cooperation in higher education has become the norm in China and around the world. To exemplify these relationships, this edited volume devotes individual chapters to case studies of China-U.S. international higher education partnerships focused on 1) Collaborative graduate programs; 2) Research collaborations; 3) Student mobility; 4) Multi-institution collaborations; 5) Cultural exchanges; and 6) Branch campuses. These case studies will illuminate the strategies, challenges, and perceived benefits of cross-national collaboration. Case studies are bookended with introductory and concluding chapters that link cooperative activities to theory on diplomacy (including Western “soft diplomacy” and Chinese five principles of “peaceful coexistence” narratives); internationalization of higher education; and reflections on student and scholar mobility between Chinese and US institutions.
Trade Review"With an aim of helping higher education practitioners and administrators better perform in cooperative practice, the book draws on both theoretical and practical perspectives throughout twelve chapters. What distinguishes the book from others is its invaluable practical details provided by authors, who are not limited to higher education researchers but include practitioners. Rather than giving a comprehensive review of Chinese-American higher education cooperation, the book concentrates on drawing emergent trends and common grounds out of different cooperative programmes, and highlights important determinants for further leveraging partnerships and strengthening cooperation [...] Throughout the book, despite diverse perspectives, the chapters taken together demonstrate that both Chinese and American institutions are committed to higher education cooperation, and to the importance of mutual cultural understanding and respect in maintaining and expanding the cooperation. In the closing chapter, Johnstone urges more research on understanding cultural differences between China and the USA as a means of moving cooperation forward. Readers who are higher education administrators will gain from this book a sense of the importance of cultural consciousness for cooperative practice. Higher education researchers will be reminded of the urgent needs to explore cooperation from both Chinese and American cultural perspectives." - Lili Yang, University of Oxford, in Higher Education (2019) 78: 189–191.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii 1 The Rise of Sino-U.S. International Partnerships in Higher Education: An Introduction 1 Christopher J. Johnstone 2 China’s Soft Power Projection through Higher Education: An Preliminary Assessment 3 Rui Yang 3 Dynamics of Internationalization in U.S. and Chinese Higher Education 23 Katherine Punteney and Yilin Wei 4 Leveraging Confucius Institutes for International Education and Exchange 61 Anthony C. Ogden and Huajing Xiu Maske 5 Developing a Multi-Institutional, Internationally-Focused Higher Education Research Partnership 87 Deane Neubauer and Joanne Taira 6 Internationalization 2.0 and Counting: Learnings from China-U.S. Collaborations in Business Education 102 Anne M. D’Angelo and Lili Dong 7 The New Normal: Student and Faculty Mobility Programs between Public Teacher Education Institutions in China and the U.S. 122 Mary Schlarb, Shufang Strause and Lu-Chung Dennis Weng 8 An Exploratory Journey of NYU Shanghai: Reflections from a University Chancellor 143 Yu Lizhong 9 China Champion Program 163 Chi Jian and Li Li Ji 10 Sino-Global Higher Education Partnerships: Student Mobility Programs 182 Jing Tian, Jiansheng Ma and Juan Cai 11 The Effect of Culture and Acculturation on the Mental Health on International Students: Implications for U.S. and Chinese Universities 197 Merritt Huang 12 Conclusions and Way Forward 221 Christopher J. Johnstone
