The Growing Importance of the Privateness in Education: Challenges for Higher Education Governance in China

Autor/in	Mok, Ka Ho
Titel	The Growing Importance of the Privateness in Education: Challenges for Higher Education Governance in China
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 39 (2009) 1, S.35-49 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Privatization; Global Approach; Governance; Quality Control; Foreign Countries; Economic Change; Social Change; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Program Implementation; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Globales Denken; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Qualitätskontrolle; Ausland; Ökonomischer Wandel; Sozialer Wandel; Politics of education; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	The economic transition in China since the late 1970s has led not only to drastic social transformations but also to rapid advancements in science and technology, as well as the revolution in information and communications technology. In order to enhance the global competence of the Chinese population in coping with the challenges of the knowledge-based economy, the higher education sector has been going through restructuring along the lines of marketization, privatization and decentralization. Responding to the globalization challenges, the Chinese government has opened up the education market by allowing private/"minban" higher education institutions and overseas universities to offer academic programmes in China. This paper sets out in this wider policy context to examine the growing importance of the "privateness" in higher education provision in China, with particular reference to the policy implications for quality assurance, the public-private boundary, and tensions between the state and newly emerging private/"minban" education institutions. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure, and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10