Qiang Zha is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, York University.

• 1. Introduction 2. The Making of Chinese Higher Education System: A Century of Eclectic Experimentation and Cultural Conflicts 3. Analytical Framework 4. Expansion of Chinese Higher Education since the Late 1990s: the Impact on Differentiation and Diversity of the System 5. Resurgence and Growth of Private Higher Education: the Implication for Differentiation and Diversity of the System 6. Emergence and Development of Transnational Higher Education on Chinese Soil: the Influence on Differentiation and Diversity of the System 7.The Case Studies: the Balancing Efforts and Strategies at Institutional Level 8. Towards a New Classification of Chinese Higher Education Institutions 9. Analyzing Differentiation and Diversity of Chinese Higher Education in the Global Context 10. Conclusion: Issues, Challenges and Policy Options

“In Massification and Diversification of Higher Education in China Qiang Zha captures the complexity of the modern system of higher education in China, including the dramatic changes the system has undergone over the past two decades or so. One of the most important and compelling books on the market in terms of understanding higher education reform in China!" -- Robert A. Rhoads, UCLA Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change and Center for Chinese Studies"The world is waiting for an authoritative text on higher education in China and it is not surprising that Zha Qiang has provided it. A brilliant overview of the architecture and content of the system with a challenging proposal for reform." -- Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia