Higher education in post-Mao China
By: edited by Michael Agelasto and Bob Adamson.
Contributors: Agelasto, Michael.; Adamson, Bob.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Education, Higher -- China -- History -- 20th century.; Educational change -- China -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "This book looks beyond the articulated goals and accomplishments of the modernization of higher education in China. It delves into the grass roots reality and identifies the true achievements, the unintended outcomes and the major obstacles that still have to be overcome." "Incorporating twenty chapters from the new generation of scholars from inside and outside China, Higher Education in Post-Mao China presents in-depth analyses of the impact of educational reforms on tertiary educators, the curriculum, the economic structure, women, and students' values and aspirations."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-484) and index.