Month: October 2022

Upcoming Webinars Ideas, Debates, and More: Meeting of European and Asian Higher Education Researchers Series： November 11, 2022 (Friday) 16:30 - 17:30 Hong Kong time Dr Araki will investigate how the high participation systems affect social stratification, with close attention to (in)equality in educational opportunities and heterogeneous/declining returns to tertiary degrees across 27 countries. Chair: Dr Hugo HORTA The University of Hong Kong Speaker: Dr Satoshi ARAKI The University of Hong Kong Registration Other Events： Council on International Higher Education of the Association for Studies in Higher Education Session Type: Interactive Symposium November 16, 2022 (Wed) 8:15 am to 9:30 am (GMT-7) US-China University Relations: Strategic Competition vs Convergence of Mutual Interests Organizer: Gerard Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong Organizer: Qiang Zha, York University Chair: Wenqin Shen, Peking University Presenter: Gerard Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong Presenter: Qiang Zha, York University Presenter: Denis Simon, Duke University Presenter: Cong Cao, Nottingham University Business School China Presenter: Margot Landman, The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations More Details Symposium on employment trajectories of PhD graduates in East Asia Organized by University College London, Peking University and HKU CHERA 23...

Upcoming Webinars Liberal Studies Education Series: Does Formal Liberal/General Education Have a Role in the Universities? A Transatlantic Debate between USA and UK (1920-1980) October 14, 2022 (Friday) 10:00 - 11:00 Hong Kong time In this seminar, Dr. Shen will discuss the role of formal liberal/general education in universities. Through a historical review of the Transatlantic debate between USA and UK (1920-1980), he attempts to answer why the UK and the US chose different paths for undergraduate education in the 20th century on the one hand, and to provoke contemporary reflection on the relationship between liberal/general education and the university on the other. Chair: Prof Gerard A POSTIGLIONE The University of Hong Kong Speaker: Dr SHEN Wenqin Peking University Discussant: Prof ZHA Qiang York University Registration Ideas, Debates, and More: Meeting of European and Asian Higher Education Researchers Series: November 11, 2022 (Friday) 16:30 - 17:30 Hong Kong time Dr Araki will investigate how the high participation systems affect social stratification, with close attention to (in)equality in educational opportunities and heterogeneous/declining returns to tertiary degrees across 27 countries. Chair: Dr...