Abstract
While universities compete for students, resources, and prestige in the global economy, they can also collaborate to mutual advantage. One aspect of global collaboration in the higher education arena is professional development for university leaders on campuses abroad. Many U.S. universities, as well as those in other countries, have hosted programs for university leaders from the People’s Republic of China. This chapter reports on the long-time collaboration between the Chinese Ministry of Education and the University of Michigan (UM) to provide training for the leaders of top-ranked Chinese institutions as they build world-class research universities. It describes the best practices that have evolved over time for hosting international professional development programs, and it explains the “elasticity” of the UM program—i.e. that it is tailored to the Chinese cultural context and reflects the specific needs of program participants—which helps Chinese leaders adapt what they learn to the realities of their own campuses.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Carew AL, Lefoe G, Bell M, Armour L (2008) Elastic practice in academic developers. Int J Acad Dev 13(1):51–66
Cook CE (2008) Study abroad for Chinese university presidents: how China is reforming higher education. Change 40(9):33–39
Cook CE, Kaplan ML (eds) (2011) Advancing the culture of teaching on campus: how a teaching center can make a difference. Stylus Publishing, Sterling
Chism HVN, Gosling D, Sorcinelli MD (2010). International faculty development: pursuing our work with colleagues around the world. In: Herr K, Robertson D, (eds.) A guide to faculty development. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, pp 234–258
Heffernan T, Poole D (2005) In search of ‘the vibe’: creating effective international education partnerships. High Educ 50(2):223–245
Jie Y (2010) International partnerships: a game theory perspective. New Dir High Educ 150:43–54
Lee VS, DeZure D, Debowski S, Ho A, Li K (2011) Enhancing international collaboration among academic developers in established and emerging contexts: moving toward a post-colonial perspective. Int J Acad Dev. doi:10.1080/1360144X.2011.616590
Office of the Register (2011) Enrollment by geographic location and ethnicity (OR Report 851). University of Michigan, http://ro.umich.edu/report/11fa851.xlsx
Patton MQ (2002) Qualitative research and evaluation methods, 3rd edn. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks
State Guidelines for Medium-to-Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan between 2010 and 2020. http://www.chinacurrents.com/spring_2010/cc-wang.htm
Taylor L (2010) Editorial. Int J Acad Dev 15(1):1–3
University of Michigan (2011) Center for research on learning and teaching. http://www.crlt.umich.edu
Welch A, Cai H (2011) The internationalization of China’s higher education system. In: Ryan J (ed) China’s higher education reform and internationalisation. Routledge, London, pp 9–33
Yang R (2011) Chinese ways of thinking in the transformation of China’s higher education system. In: Ryan J (ed) China’s higher education reform and internationalisation. Routledge, London, pp 34–47
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Cook, C.E. (2014). Professional Development for Chinese University Leaders: Collaboration, Not Competition. In: Li, Q., Gerstl-Pepin, C. (eds) Survival of the Fittest. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39813-1_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39813-1_9
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-39812-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-39813-1
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and LawEducation (R0)