December 7, 2007

British Universities Should Be More Cautious in Collaborating With China, Paper Says

By Paul Mooney

Beijing

A discussion paper published this week by a British think tank raises serious questions about the strategies of British universities rushing to expand programs in China, arguing that there are risks as well as opportunities in the China market.

University leaders arrive in Beijing and Shanghai every week seeking to set up cooperative arrangements, "yet there is no overarching strategy about what U.K. higher education should be trying to achieve in China in the long term—or

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