Title
Marketizing higher education in post-Mao China
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
International Journal of Educational Development
Publication Date
3-1-2000
Volume
20
Issue
2
First Page
109
Last Page
126
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Abstract
In the post-Mao era, reformers in the People's Republic of China have taken significant steps to privatize social welfare services. After the adoption of a socialist market system in the 1990s, educational development has been affected by strong market forces. It is argued that the emergence of private educational institutions, the shift of state responsibility in educational provision to families and individuals, the prominence of fee-charging, as well as the introduction of internal competition among educational institutions, clearly suggest that China's education has been going through a process of marketization. The principal goal of this paper is to examine institutional origins of the policy change in education, with particular reference to the process and implications of such changes. The paper will also appraise the Chinese experience in the light of global practices on marketization of social welfare services.
DOI
10.1016/S0738-0593(99)00062-0
Print ISSN
07380593
Publisher Statement
The paper was presented at the 14th World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, August 1998. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.
Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Mok, K. H. (2000). Marketizing higher education in post-Mao China. International Journal of Educational Development, 20(2), 109-126. doi: 10.1016/S0738-0593(99)00062-0
