Chinese Higher Education Policy Under Economic Restructuring – Backgrounds and Infiltration

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K04703
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: The Open University of Japan
• Principal Investigator: YUAN fujie 放送大学, 教養学部, 教授 (80249929)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 高等教育政策 / グローバル化 / 留学生政策 / 国際協力 / 経済成長 / 文化的ヘゲモニー / ポピュリズム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is the policy of the Chinese government to　lead Chinese universities from the regime of quantitative expansion to that of qualitative upgrading. In this research project, I tried to 1) reveal the background and the logic of the government policies, 2) how the universities are responding to the policies, and 3) how those policies are received and faced with problems in the campuses. In order to approach these problems, I interviewed government officials, university administrators, and faculty members. I concluded that there are three areas that are critical: transparency of university governance and administration; functional differentiation among universities; and exploitation of international cooperation. During my work, however, the relation between China and other Western countries went through significant deterioration. How it affects Chinese universities is the subject of my next research project.

Free Research Field

教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

上述のように本研究では、急速な経済成長の後の転換点にある中国において、高等教育政策がどのように変化し、それがどのように大学に浸透し、あるいは軋轢を与えているかを分析した。インタビュー調査などによれば、政策の変化、国際化の進展は中国の大学の大きな変貌をもたらし、教育、研究面での質的な飛躍が著しいことが明らかになった。ただし本研究実施期間中に米中関係が急速に冷却し、それが高等教育にもきわめて大きな影響を与えつつある。それがどのような問題を生じさせるかはまだ展開途上にあり、研究期間中に明らかにすることができず、将来の課題として残された。