Managing God’s Higher Learning

Managing God’s Higher Learning

Managing God’s Higher Learning

Dong Wang

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RLPG/Galleys
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Historia de Asia
ISBN:
9780739119365
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As the first co-educational institution of higher learning in China, Lingnan University made monumental strides in the education of Christian women, and it created a viable alternative to traditional Chinese models. Wang contends that Lingnan University found ways to adapt and ’layer’ a Christian presence at a time when the nationalization and secularization of higher education was making rapid headway.

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