scholarly journals From massification towards post-massification: Policy and governance of higher education in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 221258682110460
Author(s):  
Bowen Xu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Expansion ◽  
Education Expansion ◽  
State Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

Chinese higher education institutions have experienced an unprecedented expansion and major reforms since the late 1990s. The revolutionary growth has not only established the largest higher education system in the world but has also transformed an elite system to a post-massified one over the last two decades. The expansion policy was largely an economically justified proposal that has emerged under certain conditions. However, reform has been criticised for not delivering the promised outcomes. The article examines the historical development of higher education expansion in China, investigating its rationales, practices and the extent to which the policy has become a paradox during massification. As China moves into the post-massification stage, the article forecasts emerging policy trends and highlights future challenges. It considers restructuring state-education relationship through mechanisms of funding, provision and regulation as options for governing the ever growing and massifying system more sustainably in the upcoming era.

ICTs in Chinese Distance Higher Education

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

The Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but distance education, using information communication technologies (ICTs), started later than in developed countries. In this paper, the author examines the benefits of education to human development and provides an overview of the recent development of distance higher education in China. The potential for further developing distance higher education with ICTs is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed and recommendations are made to improve Chinese distance higher education.

ICTs in Chinese Distance Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

The Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but distance education, using information communication technologies (ICTs), started later than in developed countries. In this paper, the author examines the benefits of education to human development and provides an overview of the recent development of distance higher education in China. The potential for further developing distance higher education with ICTs is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed and recommendations are made to improve Chinese distance higher education.

Distance Education in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

Chinese education has a long history, and the Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but distance higher education in China started later than it did in developed countries. This article provides an overview of the recent distance higher education development in China. Specifically, the article discusses the positive impact distance higher education has had and the difficulties that have to be dealt with. The potential for further developing distance education is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed, and recommendations are made to improve distance education.

ICT in Chinese Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1614-1627
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Network Information ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education In China

A recent report from China Internet Network Information Center indicates that by the end of June 2015, 668 million Chinese have used the internet, which places China as the country with the most internet users in the world. As more Chinese get online, the internet has been integrated into providing education in China, where the age group using the internet the most often is between the ages of 20 and 29. Many of these youth are higher education students. With 34.6 million students the Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, in which a significant proportion of the students' learning has been impacted by information and communication technology (ICT). The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of how the development of ICT in China has influenced higher education, what opportunities ICT offers for higher education, and what challenges Chinese face in further developing higher education with ICT.

ICT in Chinese Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Network Information ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education In China

A recent report from China Internet Network Information Center indicates that by the end of June 2015, 668 million Chinese have used the internet, which places China as the country with the most internet users in the world. As more Chinese get online, the internet has been integrated into providing education in China, where the age group using the internet the most often is between the ages of 20 and 29. Many of these youth are higher education students. With 34.6 million students the Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, in which a significant proportion of the students' learning has been impacted by information and communication technology (ICT). The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of how the development of ICT in China has influenced higher education, what opportunities ICT offers for higher education, and what challenges Chinese face in further developing higher education with ICT.

Higher Education in China

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Educational Equality ◽  
State Sector ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

China’s higher education system witnessed quite a few dramatic institutional changes in recent years. The state has been making a series of attempts to increase the quantity of higher education opportunities through massive expanding of higher education’s capacity (also referred to as the massification of higher education). Meanwhile, the system experienced marketization and privatization, in which the funding for higher education institutions (HEIs) increasingly depends on the non-state sector and student payments for tuition fees. The private (minban) HEIs and Sino-foreign HEIs began to develop in China. With a strong conviction to enhance the global competitiveness of top universities, master plans for developing world-class universities and disciplines were initiated, and talent programs were adopted to attract global high-skilled talent to HEIs in China to enhance the teaching and research capability of HEIs. In recent years, HEIs have been granted larger institutional autonomy with greater accountability. Higher education in China has experienced dramatic institutional changes in recent years and has made great achievements and gained international acclaim. Given such capacity, HEIs became one of the largest systems in the world. More and more higher education opportunities have been provided for students, and an increasing number of leading scholars in the world have been attracted to HEIs in China. However, the development of higher education has encountered several challenges—in particular, unequal opportunities for higher education attainment, difficulties for college graduates in finding employment, and the unequal development of higher education among disciplines, between universities, and across regions. Critical reflections on the development of higher education in China and the notion of broadly defined educational equality are required.

Transformation of Higher Education in China

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-160
Author(s):  
Victor Wang ◽  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Transformation ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Chinese Adult ◽  
The Status ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Principles Of Andragogy ◽  
Education In China

Facilitated by the explosion of technologies, globalization is the catalyst for many changes in society and its workings. Higher education is no exception. In the present chapter from a teaching methods perspective, the authors consider China's higher education system and the transformations it is undergoing, largely as a response to globalization. Given that the employment capabilities of graduates are influenced by teaching methods they experienced throughout their education, and in turn, once gaining employment graduates' capabilities make some on the nation, it is appropriate and useful to adopt a teaching methods perspective on educational transformation. Thus, to further understanding of the status of teaching methods in China, the chapter reports on a study comparing Chinese adult education methods with Western educational methods. A conceptual framework of the principles of andragogy is used. The study results, consistent with other literature of adult education in China, indicate that some andragogical elements are used by Chinese educators.

The Trends and Challenges of Higher Education in China

2011 ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Shuyi Zhang ◽  
Li Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
The Future ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

This case focuses on the challenges and trends of Chinese higher education. It analyzes the challenges that the Chinese higher education faces and discusses a couple of issues of internationalization of higher education, and finally, the case points out the future trends that Chinese higher education might encounter.

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