Up and Coming? Doctoral Education in China

Autor/in	Yang, Rui
Titel	Up and Coming? Doctoral Education in China
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 54 (2012) 1, S.64-71 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Programs; Academic Degrees; Foreign Countries; Government Role; Educational Development; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Educational Practices; Futures (of Society); Career Development; Supervision; Doctoral Dissertations; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doktorandenprogramm; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsreform; Bildungspraxis; Future; Society; Zukunft; Berufsentwicklung; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift
Abstract	In line with China's massive leap forward in higher education since the late 1990s and its ambitious bid for world-class universities within decades, doctoral education has been strongly, and arguable strategically, promoted by the Chinese government. During the past four decades, China quickly established a national system of academic degrees and postgraduate education since the early 1980s. Its doctoral education has since grown fast to become one of the largest in the world. While the developmental process deserves much commendation, it was never short of twists and turns. The extraordinarily fast growth has particularly led to a variety of problems that have evoked controversy in China, especially over the widely perceived decline of quality in doctoral training. In view of a lack of literature in English on Chinese doctoral education, this article attempts to provide an analytical review of China's current practices as well as some issues and challenges faced by the system in meeting societal needs and future development. (Contains 5 tables and 3 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10