Higher Education, State and Society

Lili Yang is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

• Series Editors’ ForewordIntroductionPart I: Cultural and Philosophical Foundations1. The Higher Education-Related Chinese Tradition2. The Higher Education-Related Liberal Anglo-American Tradition3. A New Common Template for Comparison: The Five Key ThemesPart II: The Public (Good) in Higher Education4. Student Development in Higher Education: Xiushen (Self-Cultivation) and Bildung 5. Equity in Higher Education: Gongping and Equity6. Academic Freedom and University Autonomy: Zhi (The Free Will) and Liberty7. The Resources and Outcomes of Higher Education: The Gong/Public and Si/Private 8. Global Outcomes of Higher Education: Global Public/Common Goods and Tianxia Weigong (all under heaven belongs to/is for all)Part III: Trans-Positional Approaches to the Public (Good) in Higher Education9. Comparison and Combination: Complementarities, Hybridisations, and SynergiesConclusionReferencesIndex

In the world of academia, intellectual pluralism is indeed comparable to freedom of speech. If this is to be achieved, more researchers need to become truly cross-cultural, and higher education is one of the first fields we are likely to encounter the integration of civilizations. This volume has done a great service. It prepares the author and writers of similar background to tackle such an arduous task and achieve really highly. It also facilitates epistemologically participatory research in higher education more broadly.