Higher education reform in China : beyond the expansion / / edited by W. John Morgan and Bin Wu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456900303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 0-8153-5484-3; 1-283-10398-2; 9786613103987; 1-136-81194-X; 0-203-82895-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Collana: China policy series
• Altri autori (Persone): MorganW. John; WuBin
• Disciplina: 378.51/09051
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - China; Educational change - China; Educational innovations - China; Education and state - China; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Higher Education Reform in China Beyond the expansion; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acronyms; Editors and contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Widening the provision of higher education; 1: The regional division of the higher education sector in China: a spatial analysis; 2: Adult higher education in China: problems and potential; 3: The role of distance education in higher education in contemporary China; 4: Private higher education in China: problems and possibilities; Part II: Expansion and its consequences; 5: Thirty years of reforming China's higher education funding mechanism6: The labour market for graduates in China; 7: The occupational orientation of doctoral graduates in China; Part III: A growing global perspective; 8: Higher education and Chinese teachers: professional education in the context of China's curriculum reform; 9: ; Education reform in Hong Kong: implications for higher education and lifelong learning; 10: Brain power stored overseas? An Australian case study of the Chinese knowledge diaspora; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade - China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a development strategy on such a scale, aiming to improve the quality of its graduates, and make HE available to as many of its citizens as possible. This book provides a critical examination the challenges to the development and sustainability of hig