The Road to Privatization of Higher Education in China A New Cultural Revolution? /

• Main Author: Wang, Li (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book makes both empirical and conceptual contributions to the debate on privatization of higher education in China. Empirically, it aims to fill a gap in our knowledge of privatization of higher education in North China. To this end, Beijing was chosen as a case for analysis, and nine local hig...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Higher education in China: local, national and global context
• Privatization of higher education: theoretical underpinnings
• Implementation of privatization: scale and scope
• Financing higher education: changing rationales for funding
• Control and regulation of higher education: innovated university governance
• Rethinking privatization of higher education in China: lessons and impacts
• References.