The growing importance of the privateness in education : challenges for higher education governance in China
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Volume
39
Issue
1
First Page
35
Last Page
49
Publisher
Routledge
Keywords
privateness in education, minban education, second‐tier colleges, transnational higher education, changing regulatory regime
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.
DOI
10.1080/03057920801951851
Print ISSN
03057925
E-ISSN
14693623
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Mok, K. H. (2009). The growing importance of the privateness in education: Challenges for higher education governance in China. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 39(1), 35-49. doi: 10.1080/03057920801951851