International Status Anxiety and Higher Education The Soviet Legacy in China and Russia

This volume provides a critical perspective on the Soviet legacy of global competition and status anxiety in international higher education. Investigating tensions generated by the traditional power instruments of coercion, money and attraction, the book looks into the dynamics of multi-level forces...

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Other Authors: Oleksiyenko, Anatoly V. (Editor), Zha, Qiang (Editor), Chirikov, Igor (Editor), Li, Jun (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:CERC Studies in Comparative Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction: Soft/Hard Power Engines of International Status Anxiety
  • Part I: Historical Perspectives and Dilemmas
  • 2 Historical Dynamics of Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Higher Education, 1920s to 1970s
  • 3 An Attempt at Global Sovietization: Russian Academic Internationalization after World War II
  • 4 Ideological Shift and Strategic Changes: China’s University Partnerships in the Process of De-Sovietization
  • 5 Hybrid Powers of Soviet Internationalization: Chinese and Russian Academics as Legacy Holders and Hostages
  • Part II: Policies and Institutional Changes
  • 6 Policy and Implementation in the Processes of China’s Higher Education Development and De-Sovietization: Reflections from Global, Cross-National, and Institutional Perspectives
  • 7 The Sovietization of China’s Universities: The 1950s Experience of Shanxi University
  • 8 R&D Internationalization of a University-Based Collaborative Research Unit: The De-Sovietization of Chinese Higher Education from an Understructure-Level Perspective
  • 9 The State as the Driver of Competitiveness in Russian Higher Education: The Case of Project 5-100
  • 10 The Sputnik Syndrome: How Russian Universities Make Sense of Global Competition in Higher Education
  • Part III: Human Agency and Mobility
  • 11 International Student Recruitment in Russia: Heavy-Handed Approach and Soft Power Comeback
  • 12 Historical Trends in PhD Study Abroad and Their Implications for Transforming the Chinese Higher Education System
  • 13 Collaboration between Europe and China in Doctoral Education: Historical Development and Future Challenges
  • 14 Mitigating the Legacy of International Status Anxiety: Concluding Remarks on Power (Mis)Alignments