2020
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-40362020002802657
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Chinese Higher Education: The role of the economy and Projects 211/985 for system expansion

Abstract: China has experienced a significant economic growth in recent years. In addition, the country has also built the largest system of Higher Education in the world. However, was the economy that stimulated the advancement of Higher Education? Or was Higher Education that stimulated the advancement of the economy? To answer these questions, this research aimed to understand the role of economy and Projects 211 and 985 for the expansion of Chinese Higher Education. For that, an exploratory and qualitative research … Show more

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“…For this reason, it was verified among the participants of this nation the possible impacts of achieving a mass higher education system, considering that is the next Brazil and China step for Brazil. However, it is important to note that China's economic growth has been greater and more sustainable than that of Brazil in recent decades, and this has helped to increase investments and results in the expansion of higher education in the country (Costa & Zha, 2020). The Chinese participants, who have faced this change in status recently, confirmed there is an impact on quality because there will be an inevitable change in experience.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For this reason, it was verified among the participants of this nation the possible impacts of achieving a mass higher education system, considering that is the next Brazil and China step for Brazil. However, it is important to note that China's economic growth has been greater and more sustainable than that of Brazil in recent decades, and this has helped to increase investments and results in the expansion of higher education in the country (Costa & Zha, 2020). The Chinese participants, who have faced this change in status recently, confirmed there is an impact on quality because there will be an inevitable change in experience.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This massive investment in these groups of urban universities caused some challenges in relation to the needs of local/ rural universities and universities located in provinces far from the capital, which faced challenges of budget constraint for some actions. Costa & Zha (2020) show in their research that for some participants, the amount of public funding allocated by the government to universities through projects 211 and 985 is not sufficient to meet the real needs of the institutions, especially when comparing the amount invested in relation to the Chinese GDP, since universities have several expenses, such as infrastructure, personnel, assistance to students, among several other issues that should be equally considered, as they directly impact the access and quality of the education provided. For Houkai (2004), it becomes a challenge and a great need for central and provincial governments to balance interprovincial educational finances by transferring funds, given such a disparity.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…According to Costa e Barbosa (2018) and, Costa and Zha (2020), one of the policies that allowed the expansion of Chinese Higher Education was its decentralization to central and rural institutions. The provinces have some autonomy, but need to respond to requests from the Chinese government.…”
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“…The year 2020 is a remarkable one in the world's history in terms of how leaders across countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. China, a country that has experienced the greatest economic growth globally in recent decades, with project 211 and Project 985 policies which revealed a key role in the qualitative advances of Chinese Higher Education was hit with global pandemic (Danilo de & Qiang, 2020). There are different responses in different countries, but lockdown became the order of the day in virtually all the over two hundred affected countries.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%