A BBC analyst adds to the long long list of bold, and contentious, predictions about China future: That it will eventually replace the U.S. as the world’s top higher education superpower.
This week, an international audience gathered in London for the Worldwide Universities Network conference, was given a dramatic insight into just how rapidly China is moving through the field in the higher education race.
It should be a wake-up call to universities and governments around the world. Moreover, it should be a sobering warning to those who decry the relatively modest ambitions of the British government to aim for 50% of young people having some experience of higher education. [Full Text]
