Diversification or homogenization: How governments and markets have combined to (re)shape Chinese higher education in its recent massification process

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-58

  Zha, Qiang ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese universities; Diversification; Governmental policy; Market forces; Massification

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650938618     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9180-y     Document Type: Article

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