Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

by William C Kirby and William C. Kirby

The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first?

Today American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Yet in historical terms, America's preeminence is relatively new, and there is no reason to assume that US schools will continue to lead...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674737717
• ISBN13: 9780674737716
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"