Jeffrey S. Lehman: a key contributor to China’s educational reform

On the night of May 22nd and 23rd, Shanghai’s landmark building, the Oriental Pearl Tower, was lit up in violet in honor of the 2018 graduating class of the New York University Shanghai (NYU Shanghai). With a global vision and diverse cultural backgrounds, the young talents are the fruit of China’s "test field" of higher education reform.

(Violet is a symbolic color for NYU Shanghai.[Photo/NYU Shanghai])

One of the cultivators of this "test field" is Jeffrey S. Lehman, Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai. Early this year, he was honored as one of the 40 most influential foreign experts in China by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) for his contribution to China's reform and opening up, especially in Sino-US educational exchanges and cooperation.

(Jeffrey S. Lehman [Photo/NYU Shanghai])