Jian Li, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Li received her Ph.D. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Previously, she served as a Senior Research Consultant for the office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at the Project on Academic Success, Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, and the Rural Education Action Project at Stanford University.   Dr. Li’s general research interest is in the comparative assessment of global learning outcomes in higher education institutions. Within this general area, she has pursued four themes: globalization of higher education, higher education policy and management; assessing undergraduate students’ global learning performance; faculty academic innovation perspectives within higher education; and comparative higher educationdevelopment as a framework for institutional research. Dr. Li has published over 30 articles, monographs, and book chapters and delivered more than 20 keynotes, peer-reviewed and invited presentations throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Africa, and Asia.