学术竞争的风险：过去与现在

Perils of Academic Competition ： Past and Present

当下的教育全球化与近代教会大学有相似之处，即存在着大量的学术竞争。由于缺乏明确的学术评价标准，学术竞争并不一定带来学术增长，反而可能导致资源浪费以及冲突。本文以早期的齐鲁大学和哈佛燕京学社和目前的北大燕京学堂为例，进行了相关分析，指出学术标准的重要性、多样性是高等教育系统持续发展的保障。

The current globalization made trade and higher education increasingly interconnected. This trend is more visible than in China. The business models of globalized higher education are in many respects far removed from the Christian Colleges of Republican China. Despite the very different motives ，mechanisms and scale，there are some instructive parallels. Both endeavors raise profound questions about the intent and outcome of academic competition. Without meaningful standards of scholarly and pedagogical excellence，competition in the realm of higher education may lead to wasted resources and even conflict，rather than to the advance of either global citizenship or global knowledge. In the frenetic race to ascend in the academic rankings，we run the risk of compromising the intellectual and institutional diversity and vitality，which is our best guarantee of a successful and sustainable system of higher education.