Development and Governance of Private Universities in China

Xu Liu works at Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology. Her research interests lie primarily in higher education management and policy, the development of private universities and innovative universities. Xu received her Ph.D. at the Institute of Education University College London. Before that, she successively worked as a vice dean of a university faculty, an administrator in the provincial education department and in an education investment company in China.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Global Development of Private Universities.- Chapter 3 Understanding University Governance in China.- Chapter 4 Theoretical Orientation, Methodology and Research Design.- Chapter 5 Governance in Practice: Three Private Universities.- Chapter 6 Form of Governance and the Factors that Shape It.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.