Higher Education in China

Higher Education in China
in the light of massification and demographic change Lessons to be learned for Germany

Uwe Brandenburg Jiani Zhu

Arbeitspapier Nr. 97 Oktober 2007

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Higher Education in China
in the light of massification and demographic change Lessons to be learned for Germany

Uwe Brandenburg Jiani Zhu

Arbeitspapier Nr. 97 Oktober 2007

Higher Education in China in the light of massification and demographic change

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Contents
Abbreviations.............................................................................................................. 2 Abstract ...................................................................................................................... 3 Preliminary remarks.................................................................................................... 4 1. Overview of the educational system in China today ............................................ 5 1.1.1. Basic education ............................................................................................ 6 1.1.2. Adult education ............................................................................................ 7 2. Higher Education in China................................................................................. 10 2.1. Historical overview ......................................................................................... 10 2.1.1. Initial phase: until 1949............................................................................... 10 2.1.2. Transitional phase: 1949-1976 ................................................................... 13 2.1.3. Booming phase: 1976 until today ............................................................... 16 2.2. Higher education today...