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The Development and Governance of Private Universities in China

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Authors:
  1. Xu Liu

    1. Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

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  • Engages with research from both Chinese and English in private higher education
  • Examines the development of private higher education in China from the time of Confucius to 2020
  • Covers the broad governance of private higher education from both national and university levels in China

Part of the book series: Governance and Citizenship in Asia (GOCIA)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 1-14

  3. Private Education in Ancient Times and the Republic of China

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 15-33

  4. Development of Private Higher Education in the People’s Republic of China

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 35-63

  5. University Governance in the People’s Republic of China

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 65-76

  6. Theoretical Perspectives and Research Design

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 77-97

  7. Governance in Practice: University with a Disjointed Council and Executive Team: Case A

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 99-111

  8. Governance in Practice: University with a Conjoined Council and Executive Team: Case B

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 113-122

  9. Governance in Practice: University with a Paternal Council and Executive Team: Case C

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 123-134

  10. Form of Governance and the Factors that Shape It

    • Xu Liu
    Pages 135-158

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 159-160
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About this book

This book investigates the form and features of governance and the factors that shape governance in practice in private universities in China. Building on an exploration of the growth of private universities in China after the Communist Party took over the power, the study examines the specific context in China, including the role of the Communist Party, and integrates with shareholders and senior managers to achieve its governance role. It shows that two distinct forms of institutional governance have developed, namely the supervision form and the managerial form. While external policies provide an impetus for change for each university, how key actors in institutional governance understand these policies have significant effect on how the policies are implemented. This can result in change that can be viewed as either symbolic alteration or as operational change. The internal factors that act to shape institutional governance mainly relate to the different developmental stages of theprivate university, the characteristics of shareholders and senior managers, and the various ways the universities respond to the external policy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

    Xu Liu

About the author

Xu Liu works at Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology. Her research interests lie primarily in higher education management and policy, the development of private universities and innovative universities. Xu received her Ph.D. at the Institute of Education University College London. Before that, she successively worked as a vice dean of a university faculty, an administrator in the provincial education department and in an education investment company in China.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Development and Governance of Private Universities in China

  • Authors: Xu Liu

  • Series Title: Governance and Citizenship in Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6063-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6062-8Published: 02 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6065-9Published: 19 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-6063-5Published: 30 June 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2365-6255

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-6263

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 160

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership

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