The Global Search for Education: China Comes to New York
“Chinese traditional culture is especially important today, when the society is gradually losing its moral standards due to utilitarianism and materialism.”– Lee Shu Ping The number of Chinese students seeking to be educated in the West has received significant media attention in recent years, but what about the flipside? As the world’s second largest economy continues to grow and evolve, what will this mean...
The Global Search for Education: Creative China
“In general, any education system that highlights achievement and goals above process and attitude is, in my opinion, bad for students.” — Jiang Xueqin Jiang Xueqin believes that the very best American institutions of learning have “a culture and tradition of openness, diversity, and risk-taking that China must emulate if China is to progress as a society and as a culture.” Jiang Xueqin would know; he is...
The Global Search for Education: What is the Future of Education?
“Technology is the hope for many low-income students who cannot afford the more selective institutions. It’s one answer to getting costs under control….”– Anthony Carnevale What are you selling, higher education or an experience? Harvard provides a world-class education and generous financial aid, so why didn’t Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates stick around and take advantage of it? There’s...
The Global Search for Education: Shepherd Sound
“Musicians are all human, that is, we all have issues and things we want to improve but we also have the same goal, and that is to be the best we can be at what we do.”- Niccolo Muti World-renowned violinist, Cho-Liang Lin, Professor of Violin at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, urges all young musicians “to get up in front of people and perform.” And The Shepherd School Orchestra did –...
The Global Search for Education: Change Leaders — Leon Botstein
“No matter what the technology, the learning is about face to face. The crude analogy I would make is between learning and sex. Technology can greatly improve, broaden and diversify what we define as the sexual experience, but in the end it’s about intimacy and human contact in real time.” — Leon Botstein A speech from Bard College’s President Leon Botstein is an enlightening conclusion to a...
The Global Search for Education: Student Loan Solution Will Come
Most countries, including the United States, want to ensure their students are equipped with the 21st century education needed to compete in today’s world. Can U.S. higher education systems remain competitive in terms of equity and positive outcomes among their global competitors? According to OECD Education Indicators in Focus, “Higher Education financing systems that charge a moderate level of tuition fees...
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