Portraits of 21st Century Chinese Universities In the Move to Mass Higher Education /

• Main Authors: Hayhoe, Ruth (Author), Li, Jun (Author), Lin, Jing (Author), Zha, Qiang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: CERC Studies in Comparative Education ; 30
• Subjects: Education.; Cultural heritage.; History.; Philosophy and social sciences.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; International and Comparative Education.; History, general.; Cultural Heritage.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Philosophy of Education.

This book examines the ways in which China’s universities have changed in the dramatic move to a mass stage which has unfolded since the late 1990s. Twelve universities in different regions of the country are portrayed through the eyes of their students, faculty and leaders. The book begins with the...