Massification and Diversification of Higher Education in China

An Exploration of State, Market and Institutional Forces
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-0-415-73743-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

From a fragile economy in the late 1970s, China overtook other major economies and became the world’s second largest in 2010, next only to the United States. China’s economic growth has strong implications for higher education, vital for creating human capital and technological innovations to support an increasingly knowledge-based economy. Since the late 1990s, Chinese higher education struck the world with its amazing pace of expansion, with the aggregate enrolment growing at an annual rate of 17 percent between 1998 and 2010. In 2007, the Chinese higher education system surpassed the American system in terms of enrolment size and became the world’s largest. Against this backdrop, this book sheds light on the structural characteristics of Chinese higher education from the perspective of institutional differentiation and diversity. For this purpose, this book provides an insightful lens instrumental in capturing the forces and factors behind the scene of differentiation and diversity in the Chinese system, and an updated classification scheme of Chinese universities and colleges. These are not yet seen in any other literature in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zha, Qiang

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Making of Chinese Higher Education System: A Century of Eclectic Experimentation and Cultural Conflicts 3. Analytical Framework 4. Expansion of Chinese Higher Education since the Late 1990s: the Impact on Differentiation and Diversity of the System 5. Resurgence and Growth of Private Higher Education: the Implication for Differentiation and Diversity of the System 6. Emergence and Development of Transnational Higher Education on Chinese Soil: the Influence on Differentiation and Diversity of the System 7.The Case Studies: the Balancing Efforts and Strategies at Institutional Level 8. Towards a New Classification of Chinese Higher Education Institutions 9. Analyzing Differentiation and Diversity of Chinese Higher Education in the Global Context 10. Conclusion: Issues, Challenges and Policy Options

Über Autor(innen)

Qiang Zha is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, York University.