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

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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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. 

• global
• regional trends
• developing countries
• Secondary Education
• China
• India
• Singapore
• Hong Kong

• Harvard University , Cambridge, USA

  William C. Kirby

• Amsterdam University College , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Marijk C. van der Wende

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.

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