and to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No.: 70773119), the National Social Science Foundation of China (Project No.: 08AJL006), the Humanities and Social Science Foundation, Ministry of Education of China (Project No.: 08JC790032), and Project 985, Hunan University, for research support. We especially thank Peter Oliver, University of Nottingham, but remain responsible...

I am not a prophet, nor can I look into the future – not even at the end of this productive conference on essential changes in the higher education system. When the work situation of the academic profession, its diversification and academic freedom are at issue, the university as a whole is called into question, at least the university as we have known and appreciated it for a long time. Will t...

OpenCourseWare (OCW) represents an innovative and cost-effective opportunity for institutions to take a more active role in strengthening health sciences education worldwide. OCW content can provide a supplement to curricula available in resource-rich settings, as well as provide much of the basic content critical to teaching and research in resource-limited health education environments. Educa...

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