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.

• Preface ixList of Figures and Tables xxiAcknowledgments xxiiiIntroduction xxviiPart I: Internationalization of Higher Education 11 Internationalization without Soulware 52 Higher Education in the UK 193 On Universities across the Strait 254 Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication 555 Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship 696 Communicating Rigorously 79Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research 1017 The Essence of University 1038 University Positioning 1139 Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education 12310 Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists 13711 The Successful Evergreen Tree 14912 Students and I 161Part III: Separation of Politics and Education 16913 External Forces that Interfere with Soulware 17514 Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy 19315 Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education 20516 University: The Seedbed of Social Movements? 21917 Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress 231Part IV: Quality and Evaluation 25118 Review is the Father of Success 25519 Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts 27320 Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates 28121 Course Design and Choice of Majors 29322 Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates 303Part V: Creativity and Innovation 31123 Creativity Depends on Asking Questions 31524 How to Promote Innovative Technology? 32325 Where Is the Innovative Talent? 33926 Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking 35127 Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management 365Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend? 371References to Tables and Figures 377Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance 385About the Author 387Index 389

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.

• Preface ixList of Figures and Tables xxiAcknowledgments xxiiiIntroduction xxviiPart I: Internationalization of Higher Education 11 Internationalization without Soulware 52 Higher Education in the UK 193 On Universities across the Strait 254 Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication 555 Blind Spots and Loss of Scholarship 696 Communicating Rigorously 79Part II: Integration of Teaching and Research 1017 The Essence of University 1038 University Positioning 1139 Pitfalls of Misaligning Whole-Person Education 12310 Strategies for Nurturing Generalists and Specialists 13711 The Successful Evergreen Tree 14912 Students and I 161Part III: Separation of Politics and Education 16913 External Forces that Interfere with Soulware 17514 Stains in Academic Freedom and Campus Autonomy 19315 Mechanism of the Separation of Politics and Education 20516 University: The Seedbed of Social Movements? 21917 Populism: The Stumbling Block of Academic Progress 231Part IV: Quality and Evaluation 25118 Review is the Father of Success 25519 Rankings in the Humanities and Liberal Arts 27320 Tuition, Salary Comparisons of Professors and Graduates 28121 Course Design and Choice of Majors 29322 Accomplished Hermits behind Unprepossessing Gates 303Part V: Creativity and Innovation 31123 Creativity Depends on Asking Questions 31524 How to Promote Innovative Technology? 32325 Where Is the Innovative Talent? 33926 Creativity in Higher Education and Risk-Taking 35127 Setting Policy Direction and Avoiding Nano-Management 365Epilogue: How Does a University Set the Trend? 371References to Tables and Figures 377Appendix: Basic Principle of Academic Governance 385About the Author 387Index 389