Over the past decades,higher education governance and university management have become increasingly complex worldwide in a context of unprecedented expansion and diversification.Driven by both external and internal p...Over the past decades,higher education governance and university management have become increasingly complex worldwide in a context of unprecedented expansion and diversification.Driven by both external and internal pressures,higher education reforms in different nations have often been reported to follow a similar pattern:shifting from the control model to the supervisory model in nearly all aspects of their relationship with universities.While such a trend in Chinese societies has been well documented in the literature,few people have been able to identify the sticking point of higher education governance there.As a result,the concept of a doomed cycle continues to linger obstinately,viewing power delegation as leading to market disorder which,in turn,leads to tighter control.This article points out the neglect of Confucian political culture and its importance for studies of higher education governance reforms in Chinese societies.It aims to demonstrate that Western theories of and approaches to governance and autonomy in higher education cannot be simply applied to other societies of highly different historical and cultural traditions.By so doing,it attempts to shed some light on debates over governance and autonomy in higher education in a much wider context.展开更多
Purpose:The purpose of this study is to identify the key aspects of the demographic characteristics and motivations of Chinese faculty at Japanese universities.Design/Approach/Methods:Main methods include an analysis ...Purpose:The purpose of this study is to identify the key aspects of the demographic characteristics and motivations of Chinese faculty at Japanese universities.Design/Approach/Methods:Main methods include an analysis of relevant data from a national survey of full-time international faculty in Japan in 2017 and results from semi-structured interviews with several full-time Chinese faculty hired in different Japanese universities.Findings:This study suggests that,compared to the average level of international faculty,there are larger numbers of female Chinese faculty,greater numbers of Chinese professors,Chinese doctoral degree holders,Chinese faculty in engineering,and larger numbers of them being engaged in research rather than teaching.Further,this study argues that the most important reasons for Chinese faculty to work in Japanese universities are academic or professional reasons,followed by their fondness for Japanese life and culture and their agreement with better living conditions in Japan than in China.Originality/Value:It is the first time that the key characteristics of full-time Chinese faculty at Japanese universities and their motivations to come to Japan are investigated and discussed based on both quantitative and qualitative methods.展开更多
基金This work is part of the General Research Fund project entitled“(Re)Conceptualizing Chinese Education:China’s Educational Traditions and Their Modern Transformation”(17602017)supported by the Research Grant Council,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
文摘Over the past decades,higher education governance and university management have become increasingly complex worldwide in a context of unprecedented expansion and diversification.Driven by both external and internal pressures,higher education reforms in different nations have often been reported to follow a similar pattern:shifting from the control model to the supervisory model in nearly all aspects of their relationship with universities.While such a trend in Chinese societies has been well documented in the literature,few people have been able to identify the sticking point of higher education governance there.As a result,the concept of a doomed cycle continues to linger obstinately,viewing power delegation as leading to market disorder which,in turn,leads to tighter control.This article points out the neglect of Confucian political culture and its importance for studies of higher education governance reforms in Chinese societies.It aims to demonstrate that Western theories of and approaches to governance and autonomy in higher education cannot be simply applied to other societies of highly different historical and cultural traditions.By so doing,it attempts to shed some light on debates over governance and autonomy in higher education in a much wider context.
基金The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research,authorship,and/or publication of this article:the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
文摘Purpose:The purpose of this study is to identify the key aspects of the demographic characteristics and motivations of Chinese faculty at Japanese universities.Design/Approach/Methods:Main methods include an analysis of relevant data from a national survey of full-time international faculty in Japan in 2017 and results from semi-structured interviews with several full-time Chinese faculty hired in different Japanese universities.Findings:This study suggests that,compared to the average level of international faculty,there are larger numbers of female Chinese faculty,greater numbers of Chinese professors,Chinese doctoral degree holders,Chinese faculty in engineering,and larger numbers of them being engaged in research rather than teaching.Further,this study argues that the most important reasons for Chinese faculty to work in Japanese universities are academic or professional reasons,followed by their fondness for Japanese life and culture and their agreement with better living conditions in Japan than in China.Originality/Value:It is the first time that the key characteristics of full-time Chinese faculty at Japanese universities and their motivations to come to Japan are investigated and discussed based on both quantitative and qualitative methods.
