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Chaos in the classrooms

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Garrett, Richard. "Foreign Higher Education Activity in China." Volume 17, # 4 (July-August 2004

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International Rankings and Chinese Higher Education Reform

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Sedgwick, Robert & Chen, Xiao. "Education in China." Volume 15, # 2 (March-April 2002)

International Rankings and Chinese Higher Education Reform

China’s system of higher education has its modern-day roots in reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping soon after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. Characterized by a reform agenda known as the Four Modernizations, Deng’s policies began a process that current higher education policymakers hope will end with the establishment of a network of world-class universities able to compete for the best minds not only in China but also across the globe. [Continued]

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Sedgwick, Robert & Chen, Xiao. "Education in China." Volume 15, # 2 (March-April 2002)

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China: Suzhou “Education Town” Attracting Top Chinese and International Universities Located approximately 40 miles west of Shanghai, the town of Suzhou is attracting national attention for its newly established education district: the Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, which currently houses a number of new college buildings, research facilities and libraries. The project was started in 2002 and contracts have so far been signed with eight prestigious public universities to establish branch schools, mostly offering graduate and undergraduate programs with a scientific or technical focus. [Continued ... read full story in the Asia-Pacific section.]

Chaos in the classrooms

The students at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College, in the quiet rural town of Longhu, in the central province of Henan, are among the most privileged in China. So why did they go on a rampage at the beginning of summer? In June thousands of them stormed through the grounds of their college, smashing windows and throwing stones at police cars.   [Continued]

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Garrett, Richard. "Foreign Higher Education Activity in China." Volume 17, # 4 (July-August 2004)

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