The Daxue has been quiet for one full year,
due to a variety of reasons. While its
been quiet on the blog, its been anything but quiet behind the scenes.
Over the next year, we’ll be posting
anaylsis and discussion of HE reforms in China, including analysis of the
implications of the 13th 5 Year plan for HE when released at the
National People’s Congress in March 2016.
The Ministry of Education will likely follow up with their plan sometime
between October 2016 and March 2017. And
we’re expecting some significant policy strands which will shift the focus of
HE reform to building domestic creativity and a consumer-driven economy.
I’ve also been working on a full
landscaping of the Sino-Foreign Higher Education terrain, with some very interesting findings emerging from the data. The current literature on Sino-Foreign higher
education suffers from inaccuracies, outdated information and a lack of
detailed anaylsis. So, building on work done over the last decade by various
scholars active in Chinese education, and on broader research into
transnational education conducted from a global perspective, I will be
addressing some pertinent issues via The Daxue.
One finding which I will be addressing in
the first post is the worrying evidence that many foreign universities are
operating outside the regulatory framework.
This poses significant risks to the foreign university engaged in such
activities, including seriously undermining admissions standards, but also to
the Chinese students themselves.
Following posts will look at a variety of
issues, with one post scheduled each week, and a limited number of ad-hoc
updates on relevant news from Chinese HE as and when it arises.
You can follow us on @mikeygow or @DaxueBlog
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