International Implications from Contemporary Developments in Chinese Higher Education

Date: 

Thursday, November 7, 2019, 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

William James Hall, Room 1550

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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

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.

 

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About the Speakers

 

Hamish Coates is a Tenured Professor at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education, Director of the Higher Education Research Division, and Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Global Research Centre for the Assessment of College and Student Development. He was Professor of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne, Founding Director of Higher Education Research at the Australian Council for Educational Research, and Program Director at the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Leadership and Management. He concentrates on improving higher education quality and productivity.
 
Wen Wen is an associate Professor at Tsinghua University’s Institute of Education, Fulbright Scholar at the Fairbank Center of Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Wen’s recent research focuses on higher education policy, college student development and HE internationalization.