There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United States do not do that, and f….

Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in the public mind ….

Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the belief that new ….

The rank of a university is similar to an index number say like the NASDAQ index. I don't understand how you can take an institution like Harvard, St….

But, before we in America critique East Asia, we must also recognize that we are - unfortunately - taking on some of the same characteristics. Gettin….

I suppose the situation varies from field to field. If you're a mathematician, your proficiency in English may not be such a problem. If you're in th….

The president [of American research institute] can act as the CEO and make a firm decision about the long-term development of the institution, but he….

The task of building a great university is never simple..

There are many reasons that universities in East Asia have not reached the positions that they had hoped for. After all, we must remember that modern….

Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive "examination hell. ".

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To define everything in ter….

There are, however, many challenges to Asian universities. First, academic freedom, in all senses, is much more critical to the success of a universi….

Harvard introduced the now famous ad hoc system whereby a group of experts in the field of the faculty member to be promoted are consulted concerning….

Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts.

It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach ….

On the one hand, there is no question that English - frequently bad English - has become the universal language of scholarship. It is clearly a treme….

There seems also to be a tremendous risk to indigenous cultures if we insist that all scholarship be conducted in English. We are, for example, deali….

The question of how much English should be used in international research universities is one with which I am extremely familiar. I would even say I ….

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English….

That doesn't mean that the top fifteen institutions in the ranking somehow don't belong there at all. But what is the difference between number two a….

That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence. In the case of Harva….