The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education

Preface ix List of Figures and Tables xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction xxvii Part I: Internationalization of Higher Education 1 1 Internationalization without Soulware 5 2 Higher Education in the UK 19 3 On Universities across the Strait 25 4 Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication 55 5 Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship 69 6 Communicating Rigorously 79 Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research 101 7 The Essence of University 103 8 University Positioning 113 9 Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education 123 10 Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists 137 11 The Successful Evergreen Tree 149 12 Students and I 161 Part III: Separation of Politics and Education 169 13 External Forces that Interfere with Soulware 175 14 Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy 193 15 Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education 205 16 University: The Seedbed of Social Movements? 219 17 Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress 231 Part IV: Quality and Evaluation 251 18 Review is the Father of Success 255 19 Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts 273 20 Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates 281 21 Course Design and Choice of Majors 293 22 Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates 303 Part V: Creativity and Innovation 311 23 Creativity Depends on Asking Questions 315 24 How to Promote Innovative Technology? 323 25 Where Is the Innovative Talent? 339 26 Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking 351 27 Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management 365 Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend? 371 References to Tables and Figures 377 Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance 385 About the Author 387 Index 389