本书是香港科技大学原副校长孔宪铎教授在东西方不同大学中学习、工作、生活和感悟的历史记录。作者以自己在美国、加拿大、英国、中国台湾、香港、内地等多个地方的大学求学、任教、做行政工作以及办学过程中的亲身经历,介绍了不同文化背景下的东西方大学各自不同的办学理念、办学传统,各自在办学方面的相同或不同的做法、经验, This book is the historical record of Professor Kong Hsien Tudor, former vice chancellor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, studying, working, living and understanding in different universities in East and West. The author introduces his experiences in studying, teaching, doing administrative work and running a school in his own university in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Mainland and other places, and introduces his own experiences in East-West universities with different cultural backgrounds The concept of running a school, the tradition of running a school, the same or different practices, experiences,