Scholarship on university autonomy in China's higher education system in the past three decades has focused on the macro-relationship between the party-state and university leadership. This paper focuses instead on university-level management practices and college-level academic autonomy. Drawing on the discourse of “administerization” and “de-administerization” within Chinese academia, we demonstrate how the dual administration system and outdated management practices common in the higher education system limit academic quality and educational autonomy at the college level.

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exceptionalism" in different ways. It is better that exceptionalism is rooted in culturally anchored values rather than weaponized for culture wars. Declaring exceptionalism does less to inspire than to actually be exceptional.

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