Higher Education in Post-Mao China

Agelasto, Michael

ISBN 10: 9622094503 / ISBN 13: 9789622094505

Published by Hong Kong University Press, 1998

About this Item

This book looks beyond the articulated goals and accomplishments of the modernization of higher education in China. It delves into the grass roots reality and identifies the true achievements, the unintended outcomes and the major obstacles that still have to be overcome. Editor(s): Agelasto, Michael; Adamson, Bob. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 454. . 1998. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Higher Education in Post-Mao China
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9622094503
• ISBN 13: 9789622094505
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Since the death of Chairman Mao in 1976, China has embarked upon the Four Modernizations reform programme that has transformed the social, economic and political landscape of the world's most populous nation. Higher education has been ascribed a key supporting role and has itself undergone major reforms. This book looks beyond the articulated goals and accomplishments of the modernization of higher education in China. It delves into the grass roots reality and identifies the true achievements, the unintended outcomes and the major obstacles that still have to be overcome. Incorporating twenty chapters from the new generation of scholars from inside and outside China, Higher Education in Post-Mao China presents in-depth analyses of the impact of educational reforms on tertiary educators, the curriculum, the economic structure, women, and students' values and aspirations. In conveying the Chinese experience of higher education reform over the past two decades, this book makes a major contribution to contemporary sinology and comparative education.

About the Author

Michael Agelasto is an independent scholar specializing in Chinese education and culture. Bob Adamson is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies and a member of the Comparative Education Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong.