July 17, 2011
News Analysis: China Looks to Western Partners to Reshape Its Universities
Courtesy of New York U.
NYU breaks ground for a liberal-arts campus in Shanghai. Chinese leaders hope Western colleges can provide models for educational reform.
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Courtesy of New York U.
NYU breaks ground for a liberal-arts campus in Shanghai. Chinese leaders hope Western colleges can provide models for educational reform.
Beijing
Last year the University of Nottingham, which runs the oldest foreign branch campus in China, was approached by government officials from Shanghai asking if it would consider opening another location, this one 140 miles north of its undergraduate campus in Ningbo.
The project would involve a substantial donation by a wealthy Chinese philanthropist, along with a host of government perks, including enough land to support an enrollment of 4,000. In return, Shanghai municipal officials
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