Exploring the Potential Rationale for the Privatization of Higher Education in China

Autor/in	Wang, Li
Titel	Exploring the Potential Rationale for the Privatization of Higher Education in China
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 31 (2011) 4, S.421-438 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2011.621649
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Privatization; Free Enterprise System; Governance; Educational Change; Economic Change; Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Context Effect; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Political Attitudes; Economic Development; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Freie Wirtschaft; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsreform; Ökonomischer Wandel; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Abstract	The last three decades have witnessed great social, political and economic change in China since the market reforms in the late 1970s. A market economy was adopted as a replacement to the planned economy in order to allocate resources more efficiently. Consequently, higher education in China has undergone dramatic reforms to adapt to this socio-economic transition. This paper adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining fieldwork data with documentary analysis, to investigate the rationales of privatization in Chinese universities. It starts by examining the conceptualization of privatization. This is followed by an introduction of the public/private mix in the higher education sector in China. It then turns to explore drivers of the higher education reforms. A key contribution of this paper therefore is a systematic examination of the causes and the aims of privatization identified in Western literature set in the context of radical change as seen in the Chinese context. Drawing to fieldwork data, this paper presents findings that stand in conflict with prior studies. This investigation of the implementation of the Chinese privatization reveals both common features shared with Western practice but also a special uniqueness. It concludes by arguing that the neo-liberal reforms in higher education in China is likely to be used as a contingency strategy to encourage private spending, rather than suggesting a paradigm shift in university governance. (Contains 4 figures, 2 tables, and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10