scholarly journals General Agreement on Trade in Services and Higher Education in China

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li ◽  
Linbin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Trade In Services ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Coopération Internationale ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Foreign Education

The Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world. Having an understanding of the Chinese system helps to provide a better understanding of international education. This article discusses the commitments China has made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), these commitments’ implications for Chinese higher education, and Chinese attitudes towards foreign education. It also discusses the recent development of international cooperation in Chinese higher education. Chinese are interested in learning from developed countries, the demand for higher education continues to grow in China, and most Chinese scholars believe internationalization is beneficial. Indications are Chinese higher educators will expand their cooperation with international colleagues to meet changing social needs. In internationalizing Chinese higher education, GATS may play a facilitating role. L’éducation supérieure chinoise est la plus grande du monde. Comprendre le système chinois aide à comprendre le système international. Cet article discute les accords que la Chine a pris en signant l’Accord Général sur le Commerce des Services (AGCS), les implications pour l’éducation supérieure chinoise et les attitudes chinoises envers l’éducation étrangère. Il expose également les derniers développements de coopération internationale dans l’éducation supérieure chinoise. Les chinois sont intéressés à apprendre des pays développés. La demande d’éducation supérieure continue à croître en Chine et la plupart des intellectuels chinois pensent que l’internationalisation est positive. Les professeurs d’éducation supérieure chinoise vont donc chercher à accroître la coopération avec leurs collègues internationaux afin de répondre aux besoins sociaux actuels. L’AGCS jouera certainement un rôle majeur dans l’internationalisation de l’éducation supérieure de ce pays.

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.

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.

Chinese Open Universities

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-30
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Chinese Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World

Chinese education has a long history, and the Chinese higher education system is the largest in the world, but open universities in China are not at the same level as they are in developed countries. This article provides an overview of the recent development in the open universities system in China. Specifically, the article discusses the positive impact open universities have and the difficulties they need to deal with. The potential for further developing Chinese open universities is considered. In addition, challenges are discussed, and recommendations are made for improving these open universities.

scholarly journals The International Dimension of the Brazilian Higher Education System Through the Prism of South-South Cooperation

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Brum ◽  
Marcelo Knobel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Education System ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Coopération Internationale ◽  
The Past ◽  
Developed World

International cooperation is a growing trend among research universities. In the past, this took the form of collaboration between researchers in developing countries with those in the developed world that enjoy superior access to fnancial and technical resources as well as infrastructure. More recently, the collaboration map has begun to change, as scientists in developed countries recognised how local context can affect their work, and those in developing countries are slowly building their research capabilities. Furthermore, South-South research collaboration is considered increasingly important, alongside developments in science and higher education in these countries. Following a brief overview of the Brazilian higher education system, this article discusses the complexity of establishing international collaboration, citing a few programmes aiming at strengthening South-South cooperation. La coopération internationale ne cesse de croitre au sein des universités de recherche. Dans le passé, elle prenait la forme d’une collaboration entre les chercheurs de pays en voie de développement et ceux de pays développés, qui ont accès à des ressources fnancières et techniques ainsi que des infrastructures supérieures. Plus récemment, le format des collaborations a commencé à changer, alors que les scientifques des pays développés reconnaissent la manière dont le contexte local impacte leur travail, tandis que ceux des pays en voie de développement créent doucement des capacités de recherche. Par ailleurs, la collaboration de recherche sud-sud est de plus en plus considérée essentielle, parallèlement aux développements de la science et de l’enseignement supérieur dans ces pays. Après une brève introduction au système d’enseignement supérieur brésilien, cet article aborde la complexité de la mise en place de partenariats internationaux, en faisant référence à quelques programmes visant à renforcer les coopérations sud-sud.

scholarly journals Contemporary Results of the Reforming of Higher Education in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Donetskaya ◽  
Tsyan’nan Tszi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Enrolment Ratio

The paper presents the analysis of the results of the Chinese higher education system reforming in the late 20th and early 21st century, shows the dynamics of the number of higher education institutions, the number of students and graduates. The structure of graduates in educational fields from 1995 to 2016 has been analyzed. The paper also presents the dynamics of funding of the China’s universities according to official statistics of China.The national educational reforms led to a rapid growth of the number of the universities and the number of students. Higher education has turned from the elite phenomenon to a mass one. Gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education had been increased in 9,5 times (from 1995 to 2016) and reached 42,7% in 2016. Now the Chinese government provides an extensive support to the students studying at foreign universities. It is worth mentioning that the percentage of students who had returned to China after studying abroad has been increased in three times from 28% in 1995 to 79% in 2016. The structure of graduates (according to educational fields) correlates with the needs of the growing Chinese economy: 34% of graduates have engineering professions. The largest rise of the number of graduates has been observed in economics and managerial specialties, as well as in pedagogy. The main contemporary result of the recent reforms is an international recognition of Chinese universities and a presence of the best of them in the top 100 of word university rankings.

Network Analysis of the Integration Level of the Universities Participating in Project 5-100 in the International Higher Education Area

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
P. A. Zhdanov ◽  
N. A. Polikhina ◽  
E. Yu. Sema ◽  
L. V. Kazimirchik ◽  
I. B. Trostyanskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
International Education ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Education System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
International Higher Education ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Russian Federation

The paper analyzes measures adopted by the Russian Federation on internationalization and globalization of the higher education system, its integration into the international scientific and education area. One of the initiatives of the authorities of the Russian Federation in this direction is Project 5-100, designed to increase the competitiveness of both a selected group of universities and the Russian higher education system as a whole. Among the successful practices of Project 5-100, one can identify the presentation of a single stand of participating universities at the international education exhibitions APAIE, EAIE, NAFSA. Within this study, we explore the cooperation of the universities participating in Project 5-100 with potential international partners at global educational exhibitions by means of network analysis with graphs. The effectiveness of such cooperation from the point of view of integration of the universities from this group into the international higher education area is determined through estimations of the usefulness of participation in such events made by the universities and through scientometric analysis. As a result of this study, it was revealed that active participation in international educational exhibitions including negotiating, establishing contacts with international partners, contributes significantly to the promotion of the universities participating in Project 5-100 in the international arena.

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.

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