The Growth and Development of Private Higher Education in China from a Policy Perspective

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Abstract

This study provides an overview of the growth of private higher education in China since 1949. The paper situates the growth of private higher education within broader theoretical frameworks in comparative higher education that take into account both the shifting policy environment and field-level competitive dynamics.

Authors

• Elizabeth Summer Buckner, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto

• Cassidy Gong, University of Toronto