From Tsinghua Xuetang to Tsinghua University: A Study of Modern Chinese Higher Education, 1928-1937

Author: Su Yunfeng
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Tsinghua, the dream of countless young people, from Tsinghua Xuetang to Tsinghua University, from Luo Jialun to life-long president Mei Yiqi. This book is a sequel to "From Tsinghua Xuetang to Tsinghua University (1911-1929)" and introduces the nine years before the war, during which Tsinghua University rapidly developed into a first-class university in China. Tsinghua University has excellent school leaders, first-class teaching and research environments, a strong faculty, and fine traditions with a system of professor-led governance. It implements rigorous liberal arts education, which enables its graduates to achieve outstanding performance and significant contributions in various important fields. In the turbulent and struggling higher education environment of modern China, Tsinghua University stands as a rare and valuable model.