Higher education reform in China: A comprehensive review of policymaking, implementation, and outcomes since 1978

Weiyan Xiong, Jiale Yang and Wenqin Shen

China Economic Review, 2022, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: This article comprehensively reviews the higher education policymaking and implementation in China since the reform and opening up in 1978. With the presented statistical data, this article discusses the intended and unintended consequences of China's higher education reform. In addition, by critically reviewing the literature and analyzing the data on China's higher education reform, this study concludes its outcomes into decentralization, stratification, massification, marketization, and internationalization.

Keywords: China's higher education; Higher education reform; Higher education policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101752

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