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Submit a ProposalThe Absence of Soulware in Higher Education
 | By Way Kuo Copyright: 2023 | Status: Published ISBN: 9781394174744 | Hardcover | 439 pages Price: $135 USD  |
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The book offers an analytical account of higher education in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China with examples of best practices from higher education in the US for guidance.
Audience
Educators, policymakers, higher education providers and administrators, global stakeholders of higher education including students and parents, and the general public in both the East and the West who has an interest in global higher education.
Educators, policymakers, higher education providers and administrators, global stakeholders of higher education including students and parents, and the general public in both the East and the West who has an interest in global higher education.
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This book is Professor Way Kuo’s attempt to address issues that remain to be challenges for universities in the globalized 21 Century, namely academic autonomy and freedom, seamless integration between research and teaching, curricula update, innovative and problemdriven research, and adopting best global practices, based on his reflections about higher education from a global perspective through his personal experience as a senior academic leader in the US and Hong Kong. Borrowing from the languages of computer science, this book not only talks about the hardware and software in higher education, which refer to
the infrastructure and the physical entities that provide an environment conducive to good teaching and research, it also highlights the importance of a third category for achieving great success: the presence of a certain mindset, a willingness to embrace due process and follow international standards and procedures or a vision in making the best use of the hardware and software to spearhead innovation in combining teaching and research for the benefit of students and the well-being of society. Such a mindset is called the soulware of higher education.
• This book covers four key areas where a lack of proper soulware or mindset is deterring the advancement of higher education: internationalization; seamless integration of teaching and research; quality and evaluation; and creativity and innovation;
• The author’s arguments are factual and comments are critical on what is perceived to be less desirable or a failure in higher education;
• The book offers useful insights into the future and a global perspective on trends, challenges, and opportunities in higher education.
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This book is Professor Way Kuo’s attempt to address issues that remain to be challenges for universities in the globalized 21 Century, namely academic autonomy and freedom, seamless integration between research and teaching, curricula update, innovative and problemdriven research, and adopting best global practices, based on his reflections about higher education from a global perspective through his personal experience as a senior academic leader in the US and Hong Kong. Borrowing from the languages of computer science, this book not only talks about the hardware and software in higher education, which refer to
the infrastructure and the physical entities that provide an environment conducive to good teaching and research, it also highlights the importance of a third category for achieving great success: the presence of a certain mindset, a willingness to embrace due process and follow international standards and procedures or a vision in making the best use of the hardware and software to spearhead innovation in combining teaching and research for the benefit of students and the well-being of society. Such a mindset is called the soulware of higher education.
• This book covers four key areas where a lack of proper soulware or mindset is deterring the advancement of higher education: internationalization; seamless integration of teaching and research; quality and evaluation; and creativity and innovation;
• The author’s arguments are factual and comments are critical on what is perceived to be less desirable or a failure in higher education;
• The book offers useful insights into the future and a global perspective on trends, challenges, and opportunities in higher education.
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Author / Editor Details
Way Kuo, Emeritus President and University Distinguished Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica in Taiwan, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The Presidents of France and Italy bestowed on him the title and rank of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’ Honneur de France and the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia, respectively.
He has served on the senior management team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and as the Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Following the 2011 earthquakes in Japan, he was the first invited foreign expert to assess the safety of the First Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima. His popular science book Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy was published in Chinese and English (Wiley-Scrivener), and translated into Japanese, French, and Russian.
Way Kuo, Emeritus President and University Distinguished Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica in Taiwan, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. The Presidents of France and Italy bestowed on him the title and rank of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’ Honneur de France and the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia, respectively.
He has served on the senior management team of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and as the Dean of Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Following the 2011 earthquakes in Japan, he was the first invited foreign expert to assess the safety of the First Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima. His popular science book Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy was published in Chinese and English (Wiley-Scrivener), and translated into Japanese, French, and Russian.
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Table of Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Internationalization of Higher Education
1. Internationalization without Soulware
2. Higher Education in the UK
3. On Universities across the Strait
4. Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
5. Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship
6. Communicating Rigorously
Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research
7. The Essence of University
8. University Positioning
9. Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education
10. Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists
11. The Successful Evergreen Tree
12. Students and I
Part III: Separation of Politics and Education
13. External Forces that Interfere with Soulware
14. Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy
15. Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education
16. University: The Seedbed of Social Movements?
17. Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress
Part IV: Quality and Evaluation
18. Review is the Father of Success
19. Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts
20. Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates
21. Course Design and Choice of Majors
22. Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates
Part V: Creativity and Innovation
23. Creativity Depends on Asking Questions
24. How to Promote Innovative Technology?
25. Where Is the Innovative Talent?
26. Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking
27. Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management
Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend?
References to Tables and Figures
Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance
About the Author
Index
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Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Internationalization of Higher Education
1. Internationalization without Soulware
2. Higher Education in the UK
3. On Universities across the Strait
4. Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
5. Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship
6. Communicating Rigorously
Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research
7. The Essence of University
8. University Positioning
9. Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education
10. Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists
11. The Successful Evergreen Tree
12. Students and I
Part III: Separation of Politics and Education
13. External Forces that Interfere with Soulware
14. Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy
15. Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education
16. University: The Seedbed of Social Movements?
17. Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress
Part IV: Quality and Evaluation
18. Review is the Father of Success
19. Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts
20. Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates
21. Course Design and Choice of Majors
22. Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates
Part V: Creativity and Innovation
23. Creativity Depends on Asking Questions
24. How to Promote Innovative Technology?
25. Where Is the Innovative Talent?
26. Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking
27. Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management
Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend?
References to Tables and Figures
Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance
About the Author
Index
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