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Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia

A Dialogue across Continents

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Editors:
  1. William C. Kirby

    1. Harvard University , Cambridge, USA

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  2. Marijk C. van der Wende

    1. Amsterdam University College , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. A Global Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-engagement, Re-imagination, and Experimentation

    • William C. Kirby, Marijk C. van der Wende
    Pages 1-16

  3. China’s Search for Its Liberal Arts and Sciences Model

    • Gerard Postiglione
    Pages 17-31

  4. The Significance and Practice of General Education in China: The Case of Tsinghua University

    • Li Cao
    Pages 33-46

  5. In Asia, For the World: Liberal Education and Innovation

    • Pericles Lewis
    Pages 47-60

  6. New Liberal Arts and Sciences Institutions in India and Singapore: The Role of STEM Education

    • Bryan Penprase
    Pages 61-73

  7. Polymathy, New Generalism, and the Future of Work: A Little Theory and Some Practice from UCL’s Arts and Sciences Degree

    • Carl Gombrich
    Pages 75-89

  8. University College Freiburg: Toward a New Unity of Research and Teaching in Academia

    • Nicholas Eschenbruch, Hans-Joachim Gehrke, Paul Sterzel
    Pages 91-108

  9. The Liberal Arts and the University: Lessons for China in the History of Undergraduate Education in the USA and at the University of California

    • Nicholas B. Dirks
    Pages 109-125

  10. Transcending Boundaries: Educational Trajectories, Subject Domains, and Skills Demands

    • Dirk Van Damme
    Pages 127-142

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 143-145
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About this book

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard University , Cambridge, USA

    William C. Kirby

  • Amsterdam University College , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Marijk C. van der Wende

About the editors

William C. Kirby is T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, USA, and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.



Marijk van der Wende is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia

  • Book Subtitle: A Dialogue across Continents

  • Editors: William C. Kirby, Marijk C. van der Wende

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94892-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-94891-8Published: 20 July 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-94892-5Published: 19 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 145

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Science Education

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