Globalization, China's drive for world-class universities (211 Project) and the challenges of ethnic minority higher education: The case of Yanbian university

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-178

  Choi, Sheena ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

211 Project; Chinese higher education; Ethnic Koreans in China; Globalization; Higher education reform; Minority higher education; Yanbian University

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952880776     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-010-9076-2     Document Type: Article

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