Opening up the Road to Nowhere: Problems with the Path to Mass Higher Education in Hong Kong

Autor/in	Kember, David
Titel	Opening up the Road to Nowhere: Problems with the Path to Mass Higher Education in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 59 (2010) 2, S.167-179 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-009-9241-x
Schlagwörter	College Transfer Students; Employment; Associate Degrees; Articulation (Education); Foreign Countries; Community Colleges; Higher Education; Educational Finance; Financial Policy; Access to Education; Education Work Relationship; Transfer Policy; Barriers; Educational Development; Government Role; Educational Policy; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Dienstverhältnis; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Ausland; Community college; Community College; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hongkong
Abstract	Hong Kong has moved from elite to mass post-secondary education in a very short space of time and at little cost to the Government. Most of this spectacular expansion in participation has come through enrolments in 2 year associate degrees in recently founded community colleges, which have self-financing status. The achievement has been clouded by complaints from associate degree graduates that the articulation envisaged by the government is not working; so they are unable to obtain places for undergraduate degrees in UGC-funded universities. The value of an associate degree as a suitable terminal award for employment in a knowledge-based economy is yet to be clearly established. There must be doubts as to neither employment nor places in undergraduate degrees in UGC-funded universities. In an attempt to deal with the lack of articulation, some community colleges, in conjunction with overseas universities, have started to offer top-up degrees to enable associate degree graduates to convert the award to a degree. However, the resulting qualifications are seen as inferior to undergraduate degrees from the UGC-funded universities. (As Provided).
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