Confucius and crisis in American universities : culture, capital, and diplomacy in U.S. public higher education / Amy Stambach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stambach, Amy, 1966-

Series:

Education in global context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public universities and colleges--Economic aspects--United States.

Public universities and colleges.

Public universities and colleges--United States--Finance.

Higher education and state--United States.

Higher education and state.

Investments, Chinese.

Finance.

United States.

Investments, Chinese--United States.

United States--Relations--China.

Relations.

China.

China--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 134 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"China's investment in U.S. higher education has raised considerable debate, but little research has been directed to the manner in which this investment unfolds and takes shape on the ground in local contexts. Confucius and Crisis in American Universities fills this gap by closely investigating how Chinese-funded U.S. programs are understood and configured in the modern American university. Drawing on interviews with Chinese teachers and their American students, as well as conversations with university administrators, this book argues that Chinese investment in American higher education serves as a broad form of global policy, harnessing the power of intercultural exchange as a means of managing international diplomatic relations through the experiences of university students. A transnational study, Confucius and Crisis in American Universities questions and reframes conventional notions of economic globalization and flexible citizenship, demonstrating how Chinese investment in U.S. education advances the lives of the already-privileged by creating access to overseas labor and markets, but to the exclusion of middle- and working-class students. A valuable and timely resource for scholars of education and anthropology, this book will also be useful to anyone interested in education policy or international affairs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 History in the Light of U.S.-China Educational Exchange 20

3 Language Instruction in Confucius Institutes 46

4 Administrators 'Views of Confucius Institutes 62

5 Campus and Community Participants 76

6 Chinese Teachers in the United States 97

7 Confucius Institutes: Saving Face or Selling Out? 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415841276

0415841275

9780203766514 ()

0203766512 ()

OCLC:

870142997

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