Title:
State formation and higher education (HE) policy: an analytical review of policy shifts and the internationalization of higher education (IHE) in China between 1949 and 2019
Authors:
Jie Zheng & Dip Kapoor
Citation:
Zheng, J., Kapoor, D. (2020). State formation and higher education (HE) policy: an analytical review of policy shifts and the internationalization of higher education (IHE) in China between 1949 and 2019. Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00517-2
From the abstract:
"State policies regarding the internationalization of higher education (IHE) in China have undergone significant shifts between 1949 and 2019. This paper advances the proposition that these shifts in policies pertaining to IHE can be understood as part of a process of ongoing Chinese state formation in relation to national and global developments and does so by examining the history of IHE policy and policy changes between 1949 and 2019 to demonstrate this possibility. We consider three specific periods to make this case, including (1) the period of Marxist-Leninist Socialist nationalism, patriotism and proletarian internationalism and the early engagements of IHE (1949–1976); (2) neoliberal globalization and opening-up: a return to the international stage and further IHE (1977–2002); and finally, (3) state developmentalism and the era of globally engaged higher education (HE) (2003–2019)."