The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education: The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2023
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- Title
- The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education: The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education
- Author
- Kuo (Author)
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1394174748
- ISBN 13
- 9781394174744
- Item weight
- 0.7 kilograms
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.
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 problem-driven 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. Specifically, 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.
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 have an interest in global higher education.
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About the Author
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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