**Wang Chen**

Wang Chen is a Professor and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University (P. R. CHINA). He received his Ph.D. in Education from Beijing Normal University. He is a historian of education whose research focuses on the History of Western Education with main interests in the History of the Idea of Higher Education. His publications include *The History of Western Education* (Second Edition, 2022), *Actionable Research for Educational Equity and Social Justice: Higher Education Reform in China and Beyond* (co-editor, 2018), *The Conservative Ideas of a University: from J. H. Newman to Allen Bloom* (2008), *The Philosophy of Western Higher Education (co-editor, 2007), and The University: Social Stratification and Social Mobility* (co-editor, 2007). His research has been funded by grants from the National Fund of Social Science (Education Sciences) and Humanities and the Social Sciences Research Fund, the Ministry of Education, P. R. China.
