Adapting the Western Model of Liberal Arts Education in China: The Cases of Fudan University and Lingnan University
Chai W.Y.
2016
Higher Education in Asia
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10.1007/978-981-10-0513-8_7
This chapter examines the development of liberal arts education in Chinese higher education and in particular, the histories and reforms over the years of Fudan University in mainland China and Lingnan University in Hong Kong and these institutions’ attempts to adapt the Western model of liberal arts education to Chinese contexts. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Singapore.
Chinese Communist Party; Chinese High Education; General Education; International Student; Undergraduate Program
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