1st Edition
Higher Education Reform in China Beyond the Expansion
Introduction - W. John Morgan and Bin Wu Part I: Widening the Provision of Higher Education 1. The Regional Division of the Higher Education Sector in China: A Spatial Analysis - Aijuan Chen and Bin Wu 2. Adult Higher Education in China: Problems and Potential - Naixia Wang 3. The Role of Distance Education in Higher Education in Contemporary China - Bernadette Robinson, Shuoqin Yan and Shukun Mo 4. Private Higher Education in China: Problems and Possibilities - Fengliang Li and W. John Morgan Part II: Expansion and its Consequences 5. Thirty Years of Reform of China’s Higher Education Funding Mechanism - Xiahao Ding, Fengliang Li and Yuze Sun 6. The Labour Market for Graduates in China - Fengliang Li, W. John Morgan and Xiaohao Ding 7. The Occupational Orientation of Doctoral Graduates in China - Yandong Zhao and Dasheng Deng Part III: A Growing Global Perspective 8. Higher Education and Chinese Teachers: Professional Education in the Context of China’s Curriculum Reform - Janette Ryan 9. Education Reform in Hong Kong: Implications for Higher Education and for Lifelong Learning - John Cribbin 10. Brain Power Stored Overseas? An Australian Case Study of the Chinese Knowledge Diaspora - Rui Yang
Biography
W. John Morgan is UNESCO Chair of the Political Economy of Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK, and Chairman of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. He was recently guest co-editor of a Special Issue of the European Journal of Education on 'Chinese-European Co-operation in Education'.
Bin Wu is Senior Research Fellow at the China Policy Institute in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. His recent publications include, as co-editor, Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China (also published by Routledge) and guest co-editor of a Special Issue of the Journal of Contemporary China on ‘Openness of Chinese Society: progresses and challenges’.
"This well-rounded volume provides many important insights into issues of concern in the aftermath of China’s dramatic expansion to a mass system of higher education, between 1999 and 2006... A great deal of attention has been given to China’s dramatic move to mass higher education in recent years, but this valuable collection takes us beyond that, with its focus on the subsequent challenges of quality, sustainability, and integration into the global higher education community... A careful reading will be most rewarding for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of China’s global role and engage with Chinese higher education in mutually beneficial collaboration." - Ruth Hayhoe, professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; China Review International
