From Restoration to Mega-Expansion: Higher Education Reform in China: A Three-Decade Review (1976-2006)

Xin Wang

Abstract


This article sets out to consider three questions: What are the principal problems confronting Chinese higher education sector? How has the landscape of higher education changed since 1978? And what are the issues need to be addressed in the future? This article examines major reforms that have transformed Chinese higher education in last three decades, including the expansion of the student enrollment, the consolidation of universities, the funding reform, the privatization of higher education, and other alternatives to higher education.

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