03306nam 2200649 a 450 991096862520332120251116221052.01-61668-730-4(CKB)2560000000069064(EBL)3020042(SSID)ssj0000415529(PQKBManifestationID)12130715(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415529(PQKBWorkID)10418113(PQKB)10955779(MiAaPQ)EBC3020042(Au-PeEL)EBL3020042(CaPaEBR)ebr10675050(OCoLC)923662605(BIP)28612017(EXLCZ)99256000000006906420091207d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDecentralization and marketization the changing landscape of China's adult and continuing education /Ning Rong Liu1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishers, Inc.c20101 online resource (242 p.)Education in a competitive and globalizing worldDescription based upon print version of record.1-60876-835-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.Adult educationChinaContinuing educationChinaEducation, HigherChinaUniversities and collegesDecentralizationChinaEducational changeChinaAdult educationContinuing educationEducation, HigherUniversities and collegesDecentralizationEducational change374/.951Liu Ning Rong1862589MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968625203321Decentralization and marketization4468875UNINA