International Implications from Contemporary Developments in Chinese Higher Education

Speaker: Hamish Coates, Tsinghua University and Wen Wen, Tsinghua University

While consequences from the growth of Chinese higher education have already reverberated around the world, we argue in this seminar that further substantial changes are only just starting to emerge.

This seminar begins by showing how changes in Chinese higher education over the last two decades have shaped major developments in other countries.

Next, it analyses contemporary developments in Chinese higher education, building on research being led by Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education which touches on institutional governance and leadership, the construction of infrastructure, the changing nature of doctorates and the academic profession, research goals and strategies, emerging hybrid forms of teaching, and the cultivation of students.

The seminar’s final contribution is to integrate these analyses and clarify emerging futures. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature of education and its contribution to the common good.

Speakers

Hamish Coates: Professor
Institute of Education
Director, Higher Education Division
Deputy Director, Global Research Center for the Assessment of College and Student Development
Tsinghua University

Wen Wen: Associate Professor
Institute of Education, Tsinghua University
Deputy Director, Asian Research Center, Tsinghua University
Fulbright Scholar, Harvard University