Essentials of Theoretical Research on Higher Education - Volume 1, 2, and 3

Author: Chen Xuefei, Qin Huizhen (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The value orientation of China's higher education development is the coordinated development of scale, quality, structure, and efficiency. Since 1999, the rapid development of higher education has been carried out on the basis of breakthrough progress in educational reform, especially in the system and management of higher education, making this rapid development not only necessary but also possible. However, at the same time, we must also recognize that the rapid development of higher education will inevitably bring new contradictions and issues in areas such as the structure of higher education, the operational mechanisms of universities, and the enrollment and examination system, calling for fundamental reforms in these aspects. Due to the large-scale expansion in a short period, issues of higher education quality and graduate employment have become even more pressing concerns for the public. If these issues are not properly addressed, they will inevitably affect the sustainable and healthy development of higher education. This book compiles the research findings of numerous domestic and international experts and scholars. The contributors review and explore the theories and policies of higher education massification, issues of higher education quality, graduate employment, as well as the problems of private and vocational education in the context of massification from multiple perspectives, including education, economics, sociology, and cultural studies. This provides rich material for a comprehensive and objective understanding of higher education massification and offers important reference value for further improving relevant policy measures. Due to the complexity of the issues themselves and the differences in research perspectives, the conclusions may not always be consistent and sometimes may even be contradictory. However, this does not diminish the value of the book, or rather, it can be said that this is precisely where the value of the book lies.