| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| Chapter One Soft Power | 第17-27页 |
| ·Definition of Soft Power | 第17-20页 |
| ·Sources and Instruments of American Soft Power | 第20-23页 |
| ·Soft Power and American Public Diplomacy | 第23-27页 |
| Chapter Two International Higher Education and Soft Power of the USA | 第27-38页 |
| ·International Higher Education of the United States | 第27-31页 |
| ·American International Higher Education and Public Diplomacy | 第31-38页 |
| Chapter Three Sino-US Joint Venture Universities:NYU Shanghai and Duke KunshanUniversity | 第38-57页 |
| ·Overview of NYU SH and DKU | 第38-41页 |
| ·American Higher Education in China | 第41-45页 |
| ·Leadership:President-in-Charge System Led by the Board of Trustees | 第45-46页 |
| ·Students-oriented Teaching:An Individualism-encouraged Culture | 第46-50页 |
| ·International-Faculty-Featured Teaching Staff | 第50-53页 |
| ·Cross-cultural Learning Opportunities and Life Experiences | 第53-57页 |
| Chapter Four Dominance and Compromise | 第57-66页 |
| ·Dominance:How Sino-US Joint Venture Universities Project American SoftPower | 第57-60页 |
| ·Compromise:Chinese Elements in NYU SH and DKU Campus | 第60-63页 |
| ·Implications for China | 第63-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-71页 |
