Current situation and future perspectives of independent colleges in China.

Autor/in	Yu, Yuanyuan
Titel	Current situation and future perspectives of independent colleges in China. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Gegenwärtige Situation und Zukunftsperspektiven der unabhängigen Hochschulen in China.
Quelle	Aus: Kehm, Barbara M. (Hrsg.); Teichler, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Higher education studies in a global environment. Vol. 1. Kassel: Jenior (2012) S. 97-117Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Werkstattberichte. 74
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-934377-97-4
Schlagwörter	Asien; China; Hochschullehrer; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Typologie; Hochschule; Ostasien; Hochschulpolitik; Legitimation; Privatschule; Berufliches Gymnasium; Hochschulforschung; Privatschule; Entwicklungsland; Legitimation; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Berufliches Gymnasium; Hochschulforschung; Hochschulpolitik; Hochschullehrer; Hochschule; Typologie; Private Institution; Asien; China; Ostasien
Abstract	"The authoress analyses the emergence of a new type of higher education institution in China called 'independent colleges'. Next to public and private universities, independent colleges are a third institutional type emerging with rapid massification and offering study program up to the level of a bachelor's degree. They are different from private universities because of their affiliation to public universities (often as a form of outsourcing undergraduate education) and they stand out from public universities in the sense that they rely on private investment. The author sketches the history, including several changes of name, of independent colleges since their emergence in 2008 and compares them to a similar type of higher education institution which can be found in India -affiliated colleges. She goes on to describe the current situation of independent colleges in China in terms of tuition fee levels, types of students enrolling in them, and the range of subjects on offer. In a further part of her contribution, the authoress analyses the current problems independent colleges in China face; for example, issues of legitimacy, of equity and social fairness, of diversity, and of forms of isomorphism, i.e., the push for upgrading the colleges into regular (public) universities. In her conclusions, the author expects, however, that the demand for study places at independent colleges will eventually decrease due to their lack of social acceptance. Whether some colleges will manage to deal with the challenges of quality and legitimacy remains currently an open question. Alternatively, the colleges might develop into vocational education institutions or adopt the idea of the American community college." (excerpt).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2014/1