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Educational Change in China. A comparative study of Sino-Foreign cooperative enterprises in higher education. Lucinda Li BNU-HKBU United International College Zhuhai, China. Overview. Background to the rise of the Sino-Foreign Cooperation in higher education
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Educational Change in China A comparative study of Sino-Foreign cooperative enterprises in higher education Lucinda Li BNU-HKBU United International College Zhuhai, China CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Overview • Background to the rise of the Sino-Foreign Cooperation in higher education • Comparison among the three Sino-Foreign Cooperative Universities • Comparison between the new cooperative universities and the local counterparts • Concluding remark CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Confucius (551-479 B.C.) CCES International Conference Prague 2010
China in 19th and 20th Century • 1840 the first Opium War broke out • 1949 founding of The People’s Republic of China (PRC) • 1950s-1970s under Soviet influence • Education followed the Russian model • Late 1970s Four Modernisations & economic reforms • Applied to join WTO as a member • The need for necessary manpower and technology to support the economic reforms required higher education to play an active role in training and research CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Educational Changes from late 1990s • Extensive institutional mergers • Re-establish comprehensive universities • Special support for key universities • Re-start sending officials, scholars and students to overseas for study • Increase university enrolment • Allow more private institutions • Return of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in 2002 • Legislation to accept Sino-Foreign cooperative enterprises in higher education in 2003 CCES International Conference Prague 2010
As of today • The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (Nottingham China) • Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University, China (Liverpool China) • BNU-HKBU United International College, China (UIC) CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Comparison of three Sino-Foreign Universities in China 2009 CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Comparison with Local HEIs CCES International Conference Prague 2010
Questions to take home With the operation of these cross-border universities on Chinese soil: • Will the Chinese higher education be Westernised as a result? Or • Will these Sino-Foreign cooperative universities be localised at the end? Thank you CCES International Conference Prague 2010
References • BNU-HKBU United International College http://www.uic.edu.hk • Duan, X. R. (2003). Chinese higher education enters a new era. Academe, Nov/Dec 2003. • Kwok, S.T., and Shum, S. (2010). Development and innovation in higher education in the Pearl River Delta. Journal of Youth Studies, 13(25): pp.68-77, July 2010. • Porter, S. (2005). Higher education in China: The next super power is coming of age. American Council on Education. • The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China http://www.nottingham.edu.cn • Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University http://www.xjtlu.edu.cn • The Ordinance of Sino-Foreign Cooperative Enterprises in China 2003. CCES International Conference Prague 2010