Applied thinking

Innovative study programs developed by Duke Kunshan University are helping to forge a new generation of forward-looking learners, Zhou Wenting reports.

Higher education in the new era must produce more cosmopolitan, internationally-oriented graduates for a world of constantly evolving technologies and more cross-border interactions than ever before, said Denis Simon, executive vice-chancellor of Duke Kunshan University.

Today's graduates differ from their predecessors in that they will have to be comfortable working across borders and cultures, and as individuals learn how to work more effectively and ethically in new environments, said Simon from the Sino-US joint venture based in the city of Kunshan, Jiangsu province.