Higher Education in China: Domestic Demands and Global Aspirations

Assessing the trajectory of China's higher education system amid competing domestic priorities and global ambitions. By 2025, China had twice as many college students as the United States, four times as many STEM graduates, and double the number of STEM PhDs.What will it mean for the global future when a quarter of a billion Chinese citizens hold higher education degrees?In this timely book, Gerard A. Postiglione-an internationally recognized authority on Chinese education-offers a panoramic view of the world's largest state-directed higher education system and its complex interplay with China's social, economic, and geopolitical ambitions.At the center of Postiglione's analysis is the tension between domestic imperatives and global aspirations.As China aims to cultivate a world-significant higher education system by 2035, it faces a trio of formidable challenges: graduate employment, equitable access, and governance reform.Higher Education in China unpacks how elite Chinese research i