Global Higher Education Shared Communities

This book offers an in-depth investigation of the globalization of higher education at Chinese universities and colleges. The proposed “Global Higher Education Shared Community” model reflects the globalization of higher education with Chinese characteristics in terms of its conceptual, practical and strategic dimensions.Generally speaking, the book mainly conceptualizes and constructs a model of the specific type of globalization currently taking place at Chinese universities and colleges. As such, it offers a valuable resource for scholars and researchers who are interested and work in research on globalization in higher education from a comparative perspective; for administrators and stakeholders in Chinese higher education management; and for graduate students who are majoring or minoring in comparative higher education.

Jian Li, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Li received her Ph.D. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Previously, she served as a Senior Research Consultant for the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at the Project on Academic Success, Center For Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, and Rural Education Action Project at Stanford University.Dr. Li’s general research interest is in the comparative assessment of global learning outcomes within higher education institutions. Within this general area, she has pursued four themes: globalization of higher education, higher education policy and management; assessing undergraduate students’ global learning performance; faculty academic innovation perspective within higher education; and comparative higher education development as a framework for institutional research. Dr. Li has published over 30 articles, monographs and book chapters and delivered more than 20 keynotes, peer-reviewed and invited presentations throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Africa, and Asia.