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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968625203321

Autore

Liu Ning Rong

Titolo

Decentralization and marketization : the changing landscape of China's adult and continuing education / / Ning Rong Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010

ISBN

1-61668-730-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Disciplina

374/.951

Soggetti

Adult education - China

Continuing education - China

Education, Higher - China

Universities and colleges - Decentralization - China

Educational change - China

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

Introduction -- Research methodology -- Global influences: decentralization and marketization in higher education -- Historical perspectives: China's adult and continuing education -- Driving forces behind the reorganization of China's continuing education -- Changes in institutional structure and organizational culture: a case study -- Key findings, discussion, and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

China's adult and continuing education institutions have launched comprehensive reforms in order to meet the increasing demands for professional training. With decentralisation and marketisation becoming global trends in reforming public sectors across the world, China's adult and continuing education institutions have also adopted these policies in their restructuring. The present research presents a holistic picture of the restructuring of China's adult and continuing education. The global and local forces that are driving the decentralisation and marketisation of China's adult and continuing education such as the development of the market economy in the country, the rising demand for professional talent, the impact of the increasing enrolment in China's regular higher education institutions, and the external influence of educational reforms are identified and



examined.