Road to Privatization of Higher Education in China

Dr. Li Wang is a highly motivated researcher in educational studies. She completed her PhD in East Asian Studies, though her research continues  to be interdisciplinary. Dr. Wang’s research involves the sociology of  education, education policy, educational inequality and social exclusion. Her work has been published in peer reviewed journals and presented at  international conferences. She has also received a number of scholarships and grants for outstanding academic performance.

• Introduction.- Higher education in China: local, national and global context.- Privatization of higher education: theoretical underpinnings.- Implementation of privatization: scale and scope.- Financing higher education: changing rationales for funding.- Control and regulation of higher education: innovated university governance.- Rethinking privatization of higher education in China: lessons and impacts.- References.

“The book not only provides an empirical discussion of the implementation of the privatization of HE in the Chinese context, but also imposes a conceptual clarification concerning the retreat of the state, the relationship between the state, the market and university, and educational inequality. … this book should be valuable for anyone working in the area of China studies, not only those concerned with HE or privatization.” (William Yat Wai Lo, Higher Education, Vol. 74, 2017)