Why Chinese universities embrace internationalization: an exploration with two case studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zha ◽  
Hantian Wu ◽  
Ruth Hayhoe
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Chinese Universities

scholarly journals Overt and Covert Buddhism: The Two Faces of University-Based Buddhism in Beijing

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Chadwin
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Chinese Universities

As more and more students in China turn to religion, it follows that an increasing number of students in Chinese universities self-identify as Buddhist. Chinese academia has a tendency to treat this as problematic, offering reasons for this trend as well as solutions but neglecting to examine the nature of student belief and identity. By utilising two case studies, this paper seeks to demonstrate how the Buddhist identity and practice of self-proclaimed Buddhist students in Beijing can manifest in two very different ways: overtly or covertly. More specifically, each case study provides an example of students in Beijing who very much break with the commonly held perception that students in China who self-identify as religious have a fundamentally flawed and limited understanding of their religion and rarely actually practice it.

Empiricism and Idealism

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Jinghuan Shi ◽  
Yi Lu
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
General Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Student Involvement ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
General Education Reform ◽  
Education In China

In recent years general education in Chinese universities has gone through rapid growth, which has led scholars to reflect on the motivations which underpin its current and future development. This paper establishes a framework based on the size of the universities together with whether the motivation is idealism or empiricism. This framework forms three typologies of general education in China, particularly from the perspective of curriculum design and student involvement. Three cases that each represent one of the three typologies are analyzed to depict the detailed characteristics. The main conclusion of the paper is that general education in its essence is an idealistic pursuit of a permanent goal, while in reality it is resource-dependent and rooted in historical conditions. China’s case studies provide a vivid example that general education reform starts with practical approaches of offering selective courses or building pilot zones and then by moderately increasing its scale and coverage, moving towards idealism across the spectrum. The key principals during the long journey are to avoid conformism, encourage innovations and maintain diversity.

scholarly journals Liberal Arts in the Chinese Context

2015 ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Jiang You
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Chinese Context

There is a growing interest in liberal education in Chinese universities. This article describes the motivations for considering liberal education, including a focus on critical thinking, and some case studies.

scholarly journals Publish or impoverish

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Quan ◽  
Bikun Chen ◽  
Fei Shu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Average Reward ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reward Amount

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China and reveal its trend since the late 1990s. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on the analysis of 168 university documents regarding the cash-per-publication reward policy at 100 Chinese universities. Findings Chinese universities offer cash rewards from USD30 to USD165,000 for papers published in journals indexed by Web of Science, and the average reward amount has been increasing for the past ten years. Originality/value The cash-per-publication reward policy in China has never been systematically studied and investigated before except for in some case studies. This is the first paper that reveals the landscape of the cash-per-publication reward policy in China.

Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dexter Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

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