Higher Education in China 中国高等教育

HigherEducationinChinaoffersacomprehensiveintroductiontothepastandpresentofhighereducationinChina.AftergivingabriefaccountoftheoriginandhistoricaldevelopmentofhighereducationinChina,thebookdiscussesindetailthevariousaspectsofthecurrentsystemofhighereducationinthePeople'sRepublicofChina——itsstructure,management,admissions,graduateemployment,undergraduateandpostgraduateeducation,specializededucation,researchandteachingstaff.TheauthorshighlightsomeofthedistinguishingcharacteristicsofhighereducationinChina:itslonghistory,enormoussize,centralizedmanagement,thepragmatictrendandmanynon-formalforms.ThisbookaimsathelpinginternationalreadersmakesenseoftheamazinglyhugeandcomplexmachinerythathighereducationinChinaistoday.Afterreadingthebook,readerswillhaveabetterunderstandingofwhathighereducationinChinaisandhowitworks.Thebookisintendedforresearchersandgraduatestudentsinthefieldofhighereducation,andinternationalreadersinterestedinhighereducationinChina.