From Tsinghua Xuetang to Tsinghua University 1911~1929: A Study of Modern Chinese Higher Education

Author: Su Yunfeng
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: Founded in the early 20th century, Tsinghua, a modern Chinese school, reflects to some extent the process of modernization in China. However, "Tsinghua College was established with funds from the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program, making it a new-style preparatory school for studying in the United States outside the Chinese education system," which greatly differs its historical mission from other modern higher education institutions. The book discusses in detail the establishment and evolution of Tsinghua College, the changes in its personnel network and power structure, the selection of presidents, their contributions, and succession disputes, funding, campus buildings and facilities, the quality and differential treatment of Chinese and American teachers, curriculum reforms emphasizing Western studies, student quality and social background, campus life, and the issues raised are thought-provoking.