ISBN:
9789400727892
,
1283935856
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9781283935852
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 488p. 25 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
CERC Studies in Comparative Education 30
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Portraits of 21st century Chinese universities
Keywords:
History
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Humanities
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Education
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Education
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Education Philosophy
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History
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Humanities
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Universities and colleges
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China
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Education, Higher
;
China
;
College students
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China
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Attitudes
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College teachers
;
China
;
Attitudes
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College administrators
;
China
;
Attitudes
;
China
;
Universität
Abstract:
This book examines the ways in which China’s universities have changed in the dramatic move to a mass stage which has unfolded since the late 1990s. Twelve universities in different regions of the country are portrayed through the eyes of their students, faculty and leaders. The book begins with the national level policy process around the move to mass higher education. This is followed by an analysis of the views of 2,300 students on the 12 campuses about how the changes have affected their learning experiences and civil society involvement. The 12 portraits in the next section are of three comprehensive universities, three education-related universities, three science and technology universities, and three newly emerging private universities. The final chapter sketches the contours of an emerging Chinese model of the university, and explores its connections to China’s longstanding scholarly traditions.
Description / Table of Contents:
Portraits of 21st CenturyChinese Universities:; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Photos; Foreword; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Research Design; Portraits of 21st Century Chinese Universities; Part I: Overview and Main Themes; 1 Understanding China's Move to Mass Higher Education from a Policy Perspective; The Expansion and Massification of the Chinese System; The Changing Landscape of the Chinese System; A Decentralized Structure to Support the World's Largest System; Issues of Regional Disparity, Quality & Equality, and Employment
Description / Table of Contents:
Attaching High Value to EducationPursuing Optimal Efficiency and Curricular Integration as the Goal; Scholars Involvement in Strategic Planning and Public Communication; Government Policy Papers Having Legislative Power; Adoption of an Enrollment-Based Financing Mechanism and a FeeCharging Policy; A Systematic Decentralization Pushing the Institutions to Strategically Plan for Their Future; Discussion & Conclusion: Theorizing Patterns of Policy Makingin China; Embracing the Market Economy: An Efficiency-Driven Rationale Emerging
Description / Table of Contents:
"Walking on Two Legs": Quality and Equality Issues Coming to the CenterA Shift in the Policy Formation Model?64 What More Can Scholars Do?; 2 Equity, Institutional Change and Civil Society - The Student Experience in China's Move to Mass Higher Education; Introduction; Higher Education and Civil Society; Universities as Civic Actors; Citizenship and Civil Society; Analytical Frameworks; Methods; Limitations; Results of the Survey; Experiences of Access and Success in Higher Education Access; Affordability; Success
Description / Table of Contents:
Perceptions and Experiences of Institutional Change Feelings toward the changesViews on the role of the expansion in socioeconomic development; Flexibility in the selection of courses or programs; Teaching quality; Institutional internationalization; Political Socialization toward Citizenship and Civil Society Civic knowing and wisdom; Associational life as civic action; The interplay among civic knowing, wisdom and action; Discussion of Findings; Martin Trow's Framework Revisited; Reflections on Equal Opportunity in China's Move to Mass Higher Education
Description / Table of Contents:
Reflections on the Role of Mass Higher Education in Nurturing a Civil SocietyConclusions; Part II: Portraits of Three Public Comprehensive Universities; 3 Peking University - Icon of Cultural Leadership; History and Context; The Imperial University and the Early Republic; Cai Yuanpei and the Spirit of Peking University; Peking University in War-time Circumstances; Ma Yinchu and the Spirit of Peking University; Peking University's Move to Mass Higher Education:An Empirical Overview; Growth in Student Enrollments; Beida's Changing Financial Profile; Curricular Evolution
Description / Table of Contents:
Vision and Strategic Direction
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photos -- Foreword; Robert F. ARNOVE -- Introduction and Acknowledgements; Ruth HAYHOE -- PART I: Overview and Main Themes -- 1. Understanding China’s Move to Mass Higher Education from a Policy Perspective; Qiang ZHA -- 2. Equity, Institutional Change and Civil Society - The Student Experience in China’s Move to Mass Higher Education; Jun LI -- PART II: Portraits of Three Public Comprehensive Universities.- 3. Peking University - Icon of Cultural Leadership; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with YAN Fengqiao -- 4. Nanjing University - Redeeming the Past by Academic Merit; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with GONG Fang -- 5. Xiamen University - A Southeastern Outlook; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with XIE Zuxu -- PART III: Portraits of Three Education-Related Universities.- 6. East China Normal University - Education in the Lead; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with LI Mei -- 7. Southwest University - An Unusual Merger and New Challenges; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with LIU Yibin -- 8. Yanbian University - Building a Niche through a Multicultural Identity; Jing LIN and Jun LI, with PIAO Taizhu -- PART IV: Portraits of Three Science and Technology Universities.- 9. The University of Science and Technology of China - Can the Caltech Model take Root in Chinese Soil?; Qiang ZHA and Jun LI, with CHENG Xiaofang -- 10. Huazhong University of Science and Technology - A Microcosm of New China’s Higher Education; Ruth HAYHOE and Jun LI, with CHEN Min and ZHOU Guangli -- 11. Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University - An Agricultural Multiversity?; Qiang ZHA and Ruth HAYHOE, with NIU Hongtai -- PART V: Portraits of Three Private Universities -- 12. Yellow River University of Science and Technology - Pioneer of Private Higher Education; Ruth HAYHOE and Jing LIN, with TANG Baomei -- 13. Xi’an International University - Transforming Fish into Dragons; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with WANG Guan -- 14. Blue Sky - A University for the Socially Marginalized; Jing LIN and Qiang ZHA -- PART VI: Conclusion and Future Directions.- 15. Is There an Emerging Chinese Model of the University?; Qiang ZHA -- Notes on the Authors -- Index..
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2789-2
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