Transformation of Higher Education in China

Principles Of Andragogy ◽

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.

International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development ◽

ICTs in Chinese Distance Higher Education

10.4018/jicthd.2010100101 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xiaobin Li

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Information Communication Technologies ◽

Information Communication ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

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.

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

International Journal of Chinese Education ◽

10.1177/22125868211046032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 221258682110460

Author(s):

Bowen Xu

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Higher Education Expansion ◽

Education Expansion ◽

State Education ◽

The World ◽

Future Challenges ◽

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

ICTs for Advancing Rural Communities and Human Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0047-8.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 180-192

Author(s):

Xiaobin Li

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Information Communication Technologies ◽

Information Communication ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

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

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education ◽

10.4018/jicte.2013040102 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 12-23

Author(s):

Xiaobin Li

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Education Development ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

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.

Higher Education in China

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.207 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jin Jiang

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

College Graduates ◽

Institutional Changes ◽

Educational Equality ◽

State Sector ◽

Global Competitiveness ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

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.

Features and Inspirations of Performance Framework for Regional Universities in Australia

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v15i18.16743 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (18) ◽

pp. 139

Author(s):

Fei Gao

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Local Development ◽

Local Conditions ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Performance Framework ◽

Regional Universities ◽

High Level ◽

Regional universities are common around the world, and important to the higher education system. This paper mainly analyzes the features of performance framework for regional universities in Australia, and discusses how the framework inspires the performance evaluation of regional universities in China. Firstly, the main features of Australian regional universities were summarized as the diversity of students, the strong local features, and the important social influence. Then, the key components of the performance framework, namely, core, optional, and institution-specific measures, were introduced in great details. Drawing on the framework and the local conditions, several suggestions were put forward to promote the performance evaluation of regional universities in China: develop high-level universities, serve local development, and diversify evaluation standards. The research results help to promote higher education in China and beyond.

The Law Enforcement Higher Education in the People’s Republic of China

Internal Security ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.6553 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 19-20

Author(s):

Szabolcs Mátyás ◽

Andrea Szabó

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

Police Training ◽

People’S Republic Of China ◽

People's Republic Of China ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Republic Of China ◽

The Law ◽

The authors of the essay spent two weeks in the People’s Republic of China, where they had a chance to study the Chinese law enforcement higher education system. In this essay, the authors intend to share the experiences of these two weeks. Furthermore, they would like to shed light on the current standards and status of the law enforcement higher education in the People’s Republic of China, show those areas where they have fallbacks and set the course of the development of the Hungarian law enforcement leveraging Chinese ‘best practices’. We can declare that significant changes have taken place also on an international level regarding police and education. In China, not only the number of police staff has been increased but also the level of their professionalism. All the same, the crucial question remains as to what is more important: police higher education or police training/preparation courses. The first part of the study tends to present the law enforcement higher education in China with the major landmark events and phases of its development. The second part of the article introduces one of the most outstanding law enforcement higher educational institutes of the country, the People’s Public Security University of China (PPSUC), with special remarks on application, its admission requirements and process, curriculum structure, student life and their special training on criminalistics.