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Zhu, Xudong; Li, Jian – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2018
Higher education with Chinese characteristics is inherently embedded in both Chinese traditional culture and Chinese modern political culture. This article examines the ontological conception of higher education with Chinese characteristics from both conceptual and political perspectives. First, by illustrating the Government agenda and politics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Asian Culture, Cultural Influences
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Rasmussen, Annette; Lingard, Bob – European Educational Research Journal, 2018
Globally, education policy reforms are increasingly aimed at attending to excellence in education. This is mainly expressed as attempts at raising educational standards generally, but also of identifying intellectual elites and making special provisions for them. Denmark, which is otherwise considered an exponent of an equality-oriented tradition…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Excellence in Education
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Burgess, Chris – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
In Japan in recent years, there has been much discussion of the need for global human resources alongside criticism of Japanese youth as having an "inward-looking" ("uchimuki") orientation. Drawing out the contradictions apparent in a youth apparently reluctant to leave Japan and companies, universities and government seemingly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Criticism, Corporations
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Hernandez de Hahn, Leticia – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2014
This paper proposes the development of an enhanced sense of social responsibility in the use of talents and the creation of programmes and services that focus on the promotion of these traits among a wider student population. Selection of students for these offerings should not mirror the rigid identification of academically or intellectually…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Talent Development, Creative Activities, Creative Development
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
This paper describes how the global talent pool is changing. The expansion of higher education in rapidly-developing G20 nations has reduced the share of tertiary graduates from Europe, Japan and the United States in the global talent pool. If current trends continue, China and India will account for 40% of all young people with a tertiary…
Descriptors: Talent, Labor Market, Educational Indicators, Education Work Relationship
Association of American Universities, 2012
With the Presidential election two months away, this paper presents a set of actions the Association of American Universities (AAU) believes the President and his Administration can take to advance the partnership between the federal government and research universities--as well as actions that universities themselves need to take to ensure that…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Federal Government, Partnerships in Education, Strategic Planning