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Colleges between Public and Private: An Ethnographic Case Study of Independent Colleges in China = = 介于公立和私立之间的大学：中国独立学院的人类学视角研究.

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Title/Author:	Colleges between Public and Private: An Ethnographic Case Study of Independent Colleges in China =/
Reminder of title:	介于公立和私立之间的大学：中国独立学院的人类学视角研究.
Author:	Shen, Xiaopeng.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	205 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-10A.
Subject:	Educational sociology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27741586
ISBN:	9781658485500

Colleges between Public and Private: An Ethnographic Case Study of Independent Colleges in China = = 介于公立和私立之间的大学：中国独立学院的人类学视角研究.
Shen, Xiaopeng.

Colleges between Public and Private: An Ethnographic Case Study of Independent Colleges in China =介于公立和私立之间的大学：中国独立学院的人类学视角研究. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 205 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-10, Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2020.

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Independent colleges in China are a group of peculiar higher education institutions emerging in the late 1990s and expanding at a speed, hardly seen in any other higher education systems but maybe conceivable in the context of China's large college-aspiring population and miraculous economic development. One of the most peculiar things about independent colleges is their institutional nature - whether they are public or private. Building upon the literature context of privatization in education and China's higher education experience, this study investigates this young group of higher education institutions growing up in China's market reform era. The central research question focuses on the nature of these independent colleges from an insiders' perspective. Are they truly private higher education institutions born out of China's market reform efforts in the higher education sector? Or are they rather some market adapted extension of some public higher education institutions? To answer these questions, a macro-perspective analysis is given to both present the important social policy context for China's privatization experience and describe the Chinese characteristics in the higher education privatization process. More importantly, a micro-perspective is further provided in the form of an ethnographical case study to reveal the nature of independent colleges from an insiders' point of view. The ethnographical case study is based upon Schein's theoretical framework for studying organizational/institutional culture. Physical "artifacts", espoused official value and differentiated assumptions are investigated to provide a wholesome picture of the institution. Zhejiang University City College, the first independent college in Zhejiang, is selected as the site for this ethnographical case study. Through this micro and macro-perspective study, it is found that 1) founding public higher education institutions exert great influence over the operation of independent colleges. Their crucial role in the emergence and development of independent colleges is a pragmatic policy decision to quickly expand and diversify the higher education provision. Therefore, the influence of the public force shall not be overlooked in China's higher education privatization experience. 2) Students in independent colleges hold an ambiguous view on the nature of independent colleges. On the one hand, because of the participation of public higher education institutions they see independent colleges as more trust-worthy and quality-ensured. On the other hand, they are troubled by the marginalized/stigmatized status of independent colleges as minban (private or people run in literal meaning) higher education institutions in China's public dominant higher education system. 3) Faculty and staff in independent colleges are able to see both the advantages and disadvantages of this hybrid model of higher education. Academic resources and social recognition are important advantages. Lack of character and autonomy are mentioned as disadvantages. However, many argue independent colleges shall not go on a path with more independence. More support from the public higher education institution and the local government is essential to its future survival and success in China's public dominated higher educationsystem.

ISBN: 9781658485500Subjects--Topical Terms:

519608
Educational sociology.

Colleges between Public and Private: An Ethnographic Case Study of Independent Colleges in China = = 介于公立和私立之间的大学：中国独立学院的人类学视角研究.
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520 $a 中国的独立学院是一个于1990年代出现，并且迅速发展的特殊高等教育机构群体。它存在于中国高等教育大众化以及经济腾飞的时代背景下。其最为独特的地方就是它的机构属性-公立或是私立（民办）。基于教育私有化和中国高等教育的相关文献研究，本研究探究成长于中国市场改革时期的这类年轻高等教育机构群体。该研究聚焦于人类学"局内人"的研究视角来分析这类机构的本质属性。它们究竟是否属于民办教育群体？或者它们是公办教育机构在市场适应机制下的力量延展？从宏观视角，本研究陈述中国私有化经历下的社会政策背景以及中国高等教育私有化过程中的中国特色。从微观角度，基于Schein的组织文化研究模型，进行人类学"局内人"视角的探究。物理性的"工艺品"，烘托的官方价值叙述以及分化的内部认知，是重点调查的对象，以期获得对该机构较为全面的影像叙述。.
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