Auditing Chinese higher education? The perspectives of returnee scholars in an elite university

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 505-514

  Yi, Lin ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Audit culture; Chinese higher education; Confucianism; Economic administrative rationalization; Ideological control; Returnee scholars

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; IDEOLOGY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 79957836585     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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