The Ticker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Ticker - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Yale President Warns of the Rise of Asia's Universities

China is pumping so much money into the expansion of its higher-education system that its universities will rival the best in Britain and the United States within a generation, Yale University's president, Richard C. Levin, said in an interview with The Guardian, a British newspaper. But Mr. Levin, who delivered a speech on Monday at the Royal Society on 'The Rise of Asia's Universities,' told The Guardian that he does not consider the rise of Asian universities as a threat. 'Competition in education is a positive sum game,' he said. 'Increasing the quality of education around the world translates into better informed and more productive citizens.'"