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New Directions of Local Higher Education Policy

Insights from China

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Authors:
  1. Jian Li

    1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

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  • Deals with all aspects of system in local undergraduate universities in China
  • Carves a new path in the debate on constructing the local higher educational reform
  • Investigates intensive discourse on exploring local higher education policy development

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Overview of Local Undergraduate Universities in China

    • Jian Li
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Current System of Local Undergraduate Universities in China

    • Jian Li
    Pages 7-11

  4. The Emergence of Application and Skill-Based Local Graduate Universities in China

    • Jian Li
    Pages 13-24

  5. The Vocational Education Policy Development in China

    • Jian Li
    Pages 25-46

  6. The Local Technical-Based Education Policy Development in China

    • Jian Li
    Pages 47-68

  7. The Educational Policy of Professional Groups in China’s Local Vocational Colleges

    • Jian Li
    Pages 69-94

  8. The Educational Development of Professional Groups in Vocational Colleges

    • Jian Li
    Pages 95-123
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About this book

This book examines the directions of local higher education policy in contemporary China since reform and opening up. It involves investigating rationales and conceptualizing analytical framework of shaping multiple type-based local higher education system, including the local undergraduate universities, skill-based local colleges, and technical-oriented local higher education institutions. This book offers an in-depth understanding of problems and strategies in regard to addressing complicated development of local higher education institutions in recent decades in China. In addition, this book also involves exploring local undergraduate universities in China, the current mechanism of local universities from the perspective of organizational transformation, the emergence of application and skill-based local colleges and universities in China, the vocational education development in China as one major type of local universities, the local technical universities’ development in China from multiple perspectives, and the professional groups in local vocational colleges.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Jian Li

About the author

Jian Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Li received her Ph.D. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Previously, Dr. Li served as Senior Research Consultant for Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and an Associate Researcher Positions at Project on Academic Success (PAS), Centre for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, and Rural Education Action Project (REAP) of Stanford University. Dr. Li general area of scholarship is on the assessment of compulsory education. Within this general area, she has pursued four themes: compulsory education policy, globalization of higher education, higher education policy and management, undergraduate students’ global learning performance assessment, faculty academic innovation perspective within higher education, and comparative higher education development as a framework for institutional research. Dr. Li has published over 60 articles, monographs, and book chapters and delivered over 20 workshops and seminars and offered more than 20 keynotes, peer-reviewed, and invited presentations throughout the USA and in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Directions of Local Higher Education Policy

  • Book Subtitle: Insights from China

  • Authors: Jian Li

  • Series Title: Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4438-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4437-5Published: 25 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4440-5Published: 26 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4438-2Published: 24 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6364

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 123

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education, Education Policy

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