Introduction to Chinese Higher
Education Evaluation System
Higher Education Evaluation Centerof the Ministry of Education, P. R. China
Prof. Ji PingMarch 2010
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OUTLINE¾The Development of Evaluation in Higher Education
Institutions in China¾

The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾

The Basic Plan of the Second Round Evaluation¾

What HEEC Contributes to Information Package Project¾

Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China
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The Development of Evaluation in Higher
Education Institutions in China
This Process has Four Stagesz First stage: Stage of research from 1985 to 1994z Second stage: Stage of trial and exploring from 1994 to2002. Three methods were adopted based on the level andtype of higher education institutions
Acceptable Evaluation——applied for universities founded
after 1978
Excellent Evaluation——applied voluntarily for key
universities with long history and good reputation andachievement.
Random Evaluation——applied for the institutions
selected randomly by the Ministry of Education
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The Development of Evaluation in Higher
Education Institutions in Chinaz Third stage: from 2003 to 2008, a five‐year‐roundevaluation system was setup for all undergraduate
institutions.
The evaluation for higher vocational colleges (junior colleges)
began from 2004, organized by province governments. It isa bit different in the evaluation cycle from theundergraduate evaluation.
z Fourth stage: from 2009 to the present. The new round ofundergraduate evaluation are being studied and preparedfor. Meanwhile, the new round evaluation for higher
vocational colleges is going on.
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OUTLINE¾

The Development of Evaluation in Higher Education
Institutions in China¾

The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾

The Basic Plan of the Second Round Evaluation¾

What HEEC Contributes to Information Package Project¾Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China
5The Overview of the First Round Evaluationz Background of the First Round Evaluation
Number of recruited students of universities
1.08 million in 1998——6.08 million in 2008
Number of enrolled students
7.8 million in 1998——29.07 million in 2008
The Gross Enrolment Rate has Reached 23.3%.

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The Overview of the First Round Evaluation

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Number of enrolled students

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The Overview of the First Round Evaluationz Framework of the first round evaluation
The evaluation on the undergraduate institutions wasauthorized to the Higher Education Evaluation Center bythe MOE.
589 undergraduate institutions were evaluated in the firstround evaluation.
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The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾ Guideline of the evaluation: A 20 words guideline• Facilitates constructions by the evaluation• Facilitates educational revolution by the evaluation• Facilitates management by the evaluation• Connects the evaluation and construction and focuses on theconstruction¾ Content of the evaluation: includes eight aspects
Guidelines, funds, teachers, majors, management
learning style, outcomes and characteristic.
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The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾ Process of evaluation: three steps
internal self‐assessment
external experts on‐site review
amendment according to the feedback given by the experts.
¾ Results of evaluation: four levels
Excellent, good, pass and fail.
The evaluation for vocational colleges is carried out by
provincial governments with the similar process of theundergraduate.
10The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾ The Impact of the first round evaluation• Awareness on the quality of universities has beenimproved.
• Management condition of universities has been improved,building the basis for assuring and improving the quality ofuniversity education.
• Normalization of educational management of universities
has been encouraged.
• The quality assurance system for distinctive university
education in China has been gradually established.
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OUTLINE¾The Development of Evaluation in Higher EducationInstitutions in China¾The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾The Basic Plan of the Second Round Evaluation¾

What HEEC Contributes to Information Package Project¾Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China
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The Basic Plan of Second Round Evaluation

Currently, the Chinese government focuses on theformulation of “outline of national medium‐ to long‐term educational reform and development plan” andclearly sets out strategic changes such as constructionof human‐resource and education oriented nation andincreased overall quality from the development in size

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The Basic Plan of Second Round Evaluation¾ Second round evaluation will be improved mainly in thefollowing aspects• Implementing classification evaluation to foster
distinctive development of universities• Strengthening the service function in evaluation andsupporting improvement works of universities• Setting up the database concerning basic situation on
education to encourage collection of information on
educational management and monitoring theeducational quality all time
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OUTLINE¾

The Development of Evaluation in Higher Education
Institutions in China¾The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾The Basic Plan of the Second Round Evaluation¾

What HEEC Contributes to Information Package Project¾Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China
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What HEEC Contributes to Information Package
ProjectGlossary of Chinese Higher Education Evaluation¾ In March 2008, HEEC started the research of the compile of theglossary, organized an expert team for the glossary, and published twodraft version of the glossary¾ In December 2009, HEEC decided the final version of the glossaryand published it.
¾ The Glossary contained four parts, 169 terms in total:
The management of higher education
The management of teaching in the HEIs
The evaluation and assessment
The education institutions and the relative laws and regulations
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What HEEC Contributes to Information Package
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OUTLINE¾

The Development of Evaluation in Higher Education
Institutions in China¾

The Overview of the First Round Evaluation¾

The Basic Plan of the Second Round Evaluation¾

What HEEC Contributes to Information Package Project¾Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China
18Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China¾ It is suggested that NIAD‐UE, QAA and HEEC create a long‐term mechanism by sharing and exchanging information
regularly, such as sending documents and such materials
every half a year, and holding regular meeting periodically.
¾ It is suggested that NIAD‐UE, QAA and HEEC exchange
experts as the organizer to join the evaluation activity in our
three countries. Exchange staff to learn the management
experience of each other.
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Suggestions on Sharing Information of Quality Assuranceof Higher Education between Japan, U.K. and China¾ It is suggested that NIAD‐UE, QAA and HEEC compile
much more comprehensive information of the higher
education quality assurance for better understanding
each other and deeper cooperation.

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Thank you very much21