Jian Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Li received her Ph.D. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Previously, Dr. Li served as Senior Research Consultant for Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and an Associate Researcher Positions at Project on Academic Success (PAS), Centre for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, and Rural Education Action Project (REAP) of Stanford University. Dr. Li general area of scholarship is on the assessment of compulsory education. Within this general area, she has pursued four themes: compulsory education policy, globalization of higher education, higher education policy and management, undergraduate students’ global learning performance assessment, faculty academic innovation perspective within higher education, and comparative higher education development as a framework for institutional research. Dr. Li has published over 60 articles, monographs, and book chapters and delivered over 20 workshops and seminars and offered more than 20 keynotes, peer-reviewed, and invited presentations throughout the USA and in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

• The overview of local undergraduate universities in China.- The current system of local undergraduate universities in China.- The emergence of application and skill-based local graduate universities in China.- The vocational education policy development in China.- The local technical-based education policy development in China.- The educational policy of professional groups in China’s local vocational colleges.- The educational development of professional groups in vocational colleges.