The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education (eBook)

Way Kuo (Autor)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
448 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-394-17564-2 (ISBN)

Infos

THE ABSENCE OF SOULWARE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

The book offers an analytical account of higher education in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China with examples of best practices from higher education in the US for guidance.

This book is Professor Way Kuo's attempt to address issues that remain to be challenges for universities in the globalized 21 Century, namely academic autonomy and freedom, seamless integration between research and teaching, curricula update, innovative and problem-driven research, and adopting best global practices, based on his reflections about higher education from a global perspective through his personal experience as a senior academic leader in the US and Hong Kong. Borrowing from the languages of computer science, this book not only talks about the hardware and software in higher education, which refer to the infrastructure and the physical entities that provide an environment conducive to good teaching and research, it also highlights the importance of a third category for achieving great success: the presence of a certain mindset, a willingness to embrace due process and follow international standards and procedures or a vision in making the best use of the hardware and software to spearhead innovation in combining teaching and research for the benefit of students and the well-being of society. Such a mindset is called the soulware of higher education. Specifically, this book:

* Covers four key areas where a lack of proper soulware or mindset is deterring the advancement of higher education: internationalization; seamless integration of teaching and research; quality and evaluation; and creativity and innovation;

* The author's arguments are factual and comments are critical on what is perceived to be less desirable or a failure in higher education;

* The book offers useful insights into the future and a global perspective on trends, challenges, and opportunities in higher education.

Audience

Educators, policymakers, higher education providers and administrators, global stakeholders of higher education including students and parents, and the general public in both the East and the West who have an interest in global higher education.

Autor

Way Kuo, Emeritus President and University Distinguished Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica in Taiwan, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The Presidents of France and Italy bestowed on him the title and rank of the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Legion d' Honneur de France and the Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia, respectively. He has served on the senior management team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and as the Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Following the 2011 earthquakes in Japan, he was the first invited foreign expert to assess the safety of the First Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima. His popular science book Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy was published in Chinese and English (Wiley-Scrivener), and translated into Japanese, French, and Russian.

Inhalt

Preface ix

List of Figures and Tables xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Introduction xxvii

Part I: Internationalization of Higher Education 1

1 Internationalization without Soulware 5

2 Higher Education in the UK 19

3 On Universities across the Strait 25

4 Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication 55

5 Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship 69

6 Communicating Rigorously 79

Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research 101

7 The Essence of University 103

8 University Positioning 113

9 Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education 123

10 Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists 137

11 The Successful Evergreen Tree 149

12 Students and I 161

Part III: Separation of Politics and Education 169

13 External Forces that Interfere with Soulware 175

14 Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy 193

15 Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education 205

16 University: The Seedbed of Social Movements? 219

17 Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress 231

Part IV: Quality and Evaluation 251

18 Review is the Father of Success 255

19 Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts 273

20 Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates 281

21 Course Design and Choice of Majors 293

22 Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates 303

Part V: Creativity and Innovation 311

23 Creativity Depends on Asking Questions 315

24 How to Promote Innovative Technology? 323

25 Where Is the Innovative Talent? 339

26 Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking 351

27 Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management 365

Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend? 371

References to Tables and Figures 377

Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance 385

About the Author 387

Index 389

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Business & Management • Education • Gemeinnützige Organisationen / Management u. Führung • Hochschule • Hochschulen / Leitung, Verwaltung, Politik • Leadership, Administration & Policy (Higher Education) • Non-Profit Organizations / Management Leadership • Political Philosophy & Theory • Political Science • Politikwissenschaft • Politische Philosophie u. Politiktheorie • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-394-17564-7 / 1394175647
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-17564-2 / 9781394175642