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Guo, Karen – Frontiers of Education in China, 2021
The 2014 national curriculum of Australia is a significant initiative that the Australian government has taken in proposing a curriculum that stresses Australia's engagement with Asia. In practice, this means that Asian cultures, beliefs, environments and the connections between Australia and Asia are embedded in the learning processes of…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries
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Liu, Baocun; Kang, Yunfei – Frontiers of Education in China, 2021
The dilemma confronting modern university development presents a challenge to the management ability of university presidents, hence a need to review how successful presidents of the past managed. Wu Yifang, the first Chinese woman president with remarkable achievements in education, has thus come to our attention. As President of Ginling College…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Development, College Administration, College Presidents
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Cheng, Baoyan; Zhang, Donghui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2020
In contrast to the continued decline of liberal arts education in the US, there has been a revived interest in liberal arts education in Asian countries in recent years. Grounded in a comprehensive understanding of the central tenets of liberal arts education in the West, this paper looks into the struggles Asian countries face in their…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Confucianism, Educational Practices, Humanism
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Yang, Rui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2020
Over the past decades, higher education governance and university management have become increasingly complex worldwide in a context of unprecedented expansion and diversification. Driven by both external and internal pressures, higher education reforms in different nations have often been reported to follow a similar pattern: shifting from the…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Administration
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Wang, Yan; Ieong, Sao Leng – Frontiers of Education in China, 2019
China's reform and opening up policy has not only freed the country to become a global economic giant but also tuned its higher education in with international trends. This study examines how internationalization has impacted core university values and whether or not this newly globalized higher education will embrace diversity so that Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Social Change, Higher Education
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Yang, Rui – Frontiers of Education in China, 2019
Since the 19th century, Chinese societies, as latecomers to modernization, have prioritized Western learning. Modelled on European and North American experiences, modern universities were created to serve this purpose. Having little linkage to their indigenous cultural traditions, they operate in Confucian socio-cultural contexts, with constant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Confucianism, Asian Culture