Development and Reform of Higher Education in China

The Chinese higher education sector is an area subject to increasing attention from an international perspective.

Written by authors centrally located within the education system in China, Development and Reform of Higher Education in China highlights not only the development of different aspects of higher education, but also the reform of the education system and its role in the educational and social development of the country.

This book analyses recently collected data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China and the work of leading scholars in the field of higher education.

It highlights the marketization of state-owned institutions and the increasing importance of the internationalization of higher education – two important features of education in a modern and global context.