Baocun Liu

Professor and Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

 

Dr. Baocun Liu is Distinguished Professor of Beijing Normal University, laureate of Changjiang Scholars Award, the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Dr. Liu currently serves as the Director of the Institute of International and Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University and the President of China Comparative Education Society. His research interests include comparative education, higher education, education policy and management. He has published more than 300 papers and more than 20 books, including “The Tradition and Change of University Ideas”, “preparing Leaders for the Future: The Reinvention of Undergraduate Education in American Research Universities”, etc. He has received many honors and awards for his research and teaching in the field of education, including New Century Excellent Talents by the Ministry of Education, the Beijing Outstanding Award in Educational Sciences, and so on.