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• Case | HBS Case Collection | June 2016 (Revised November 2019)

  University of Hong Kong: Bridging East and West

  William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and John P. McHugh

  In the early 20th century, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) was established in order to serve as a bridge between mainland China and the British Empire. As an elite institution in the 21st century, HKU continued its role as a bridge, connecting mainland China, Hong Kong, and the world, but in a very different global context. President Peter Mathieson believed that HKU still had an important role to play but knew that HKU needed to adapt to China's growing global presence and the increasing influence of mainland Chinese universities. Mathieson needed to break through institutional complacency and unite HKU's oft-divided students, faculty, and administration behind a plan that would allow HKU to thrive in a landscape in which it competed not only with other institutions in Hong Kong, but also with the increasingly strong key universities in China as well as with leading institutions around the world. Would HKU be able to maintain its position as a top institution linking East and West in an increasingly connected and complex global society?

  Keywords: university administration; university curriculum; university faculty; Hong Kong; China; Higher Education; Education Industry; Hong Kong;

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  Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, and John P. McHugh. "University of Hong Kong: Bridging East and West." Harvard Business School Case 316-068, June 2016. (Revised November 2019.)  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | October 2015 (Revised August 2019)

  Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times

  William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Yuanzhuo Wang, William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang

  The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the Republican period, higher learning was dominated by a host of well-regarded, cosmopolitan, comprehensive universities. In 1952, these institutions were reorganized according to the Soviet model and remained highly specialized until the resurgence of comprehensive institutions after 1978. This background note describes this history and then elaborates on the system of higher education since 2000, focusing on university governance, funding, faculty policy, admissions systems, and internationalization. It concludes by looking at the tightening of ideological control in universities since 2012 and reflects on the potential for China to establish "world-class" universities.

  Keywords: non-profit management; university administration; university faculty; university curriculum; education reform; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China;

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  Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-066, October 2015. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | October 2015 (Revised August 2019)

  Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times

  William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby, Yuanzhuo Wang, William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang

  The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the Republican period, higher learning was dominated by a host of well-regarded, cosmopolitan, comprehensive universities. In 1952, these institutions were reorganized according to the Soviet model and remained highly specialized until the resurgence of comprehensive institutions after 1978. This background note describes this history and then elaborates on the system of higher education since 2000, focusing on university governance, funding, faculty policy, admissions systems, and internationalization. It concludes by looking at the tightening of ideological control in universities since 2012 and reflects on the potential for China to establish "world-class" universities.

  Keywords: non-profit management; university administration; university faculty; university curriculum; education reform; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China;

  Citation:

  Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-066, October 2015. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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