China's Universities, 1895-1995: A Century of Cultural Conflict (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 7
SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 8
INTRODUCTION: A STORY, NOT A HISTORY......Page 9
1 CONCEPTS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR TELLING THE STORY......Page 26
THE MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITIES OF EUROPE......Page 27
CHINESE SCHOLARLY INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES......Page 32
EASTERN TRADITIONS AND PATTERNS......Page 35
THE TRIUMPH OF THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY......Page 37
NOTES......Page 45
2 THE NATIONALIST STORY, 1911–1949......Page 52
THE TRANSITION: HIGHER EDUCATION FROM 1860 TO 1911......Page 55
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND ACADEMY IN THE TRANSITION TO A MODERN REPUBLIC, 1911–1927......Page 64
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND ACADEMY UNDER THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT, 1927–1949......Page 72
THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNIST HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 80
CONCLUSION......Page 83
NOTES......Page 84
3 THE SOCIALIST STORY, 1949–1978......Page 94
A NEW SOCIALIST VISION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, 1949–1956......Page 95
THE HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM......Page 110
THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD AND HIGHER EDUCATION, 1958–1966......Page 111
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION DECADE, 1966–1976......Page 118
NOTES......Page 125
4 THE STORY OF THE REFORM DECADE, 1978–1990......Page 134
CURRICULUM AND RESEARCH......Page 140
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAP OF CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 1980s......Page 145
THE GENDER MAP......Page 148
CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL MILIEU......Page 151
NOTES......Page 160
5 PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH REGION......Page 166
GEOGRAPHY AND GENDER IN HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 168
Programs......Page 174
Enrollments......Page 175
Research......Page 177
International Activities......Page 178
UNIVERSITIES OF THE CENTRAL SOUTH: A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES......Page 180
CURRICULAR IDENTITIES......Page 183
TYPES AND CATEGORIES OF STUDENT......Page 190
Women Students......Page 194
Adult Students......Page 195
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES......Page 196
FACULTY AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES......Page 199
REFLECTIONS FROM THE RETURNED SCHOLARS......Page 203
CONCLUSION......Page 206
NOTES......Page 207
6 PERSPECTIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST REGION......Page 212
A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REGION......Page 216
GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN NORTHWEST HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 219
MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN NORTHWEST HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 224
WOMEN STUDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST......Page 225
REFORM POLICIES AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL......Page 228
UNIVERSITIES OF THE NORTHWEST: A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES......Page 232
TYPES AND CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS......Page 238
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES......Page 241
FACULTY AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES......Page 244
WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST......Page 249
CONCLUSION......Page 256
NOTES......Page 259
7 MASS HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY......Page 262
MASS HIGHER EDUCATION......Page 263
THE KNOWLEDGE MAP......Page 269
THE GENDER MAP......Page 273
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAP......Page 277
INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY......Page 281
NOTES......Page 283
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 290
INDEX......Page 306