Survival of the Fittest The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States

Preface.- Dedication.- Part One: Markets, Competition, and Strategic Change in Higher Education.- Chapter 1: Wolverton: Creating Creative Creators: China and the United States’ Common Quest.- Chapter 2: Lane & Owens, Fostering Economic Competitiveness in China and the US: Untangling the Web of Competing Regulations and Interests.- Chapter 3: Zha & Lin, China’s Move to Mass Higher Education: Analyzing the Policy Execution with a “NATO-Scheme”.- Chapter 4: Powers, Conflict of Interest and U.S. University Technology Licensing.- Part Two: Strategies Used to Address Core Issues in Higher Education.- Chapter 5: Li, Beyond Summative Evaluation: Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in China’s Higher Education.- Chapter 6: Pepin, The Dilemma of Assessment in the U.S..- Chapter 7: Claussen, The Evolving Role of the Ombudsman in American Higher Education.- Chapter 8: Kezar & Gerke, Grassroots Leadership: Responding to Declining Shared Governance in the Neoliberal World.- Part Three: New Directions and Future Possibilities.- Chapter 9: Cook, Professional Development for Chinese University Leaders: Collaboration, Not Competition.- Chapter 10: Mok, Transforming from “Economic Power” to “Soft Power”: Transnationalization and Internationalization of Higher Education in China.- Chapter 11: Mina, Strategic Planning: Devising the Way of U.S. Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 12: Gerstl-Pepin, The False Promise of Market-Based Conceptions of Human Capital: Higher Education as a Public and Private Good.