Decoupling from the West Will Be Hard on China’s Higher Education

  • Philip G. Altbach Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
  • Hans de Wit Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
Keywords: Chinese higher education, Confucius Institutes, academic conflict between the West and China

Abstract

China is engaged in a geopolitical conflict with the West, especially with the United States, and this has a significant impact on Chinese higher education. Collaborative research will decrease. China-funded Confucius Institutes have been closed. Within China itself, there are more restrictions on universities. Is a new “academic cold war” looming between China and the West?

Author Biographies

Philip G. Altbach, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Philip G. Altbach is research professor and distinguished fellow at the Center for International
Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email: altbach@bc.edu

Hans de Wit, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Hans de Wit is professor emeritus and distinguished fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email: dewitj@bc.edu.

Published
2023-01-09
How to Cite
Altbach, P., & de Wit, H. (2023). Decoupling from the West Will Be Hard on China’s Higher Education. International Higher Education, (113), 11-13. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16095
Issue
No 113 (2023): Winter Issue
Section
Articles
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