General description

The course is offered at the Beijing Normal University.

Learning outcomes

The students should be able to:
- understand the basic trends of international higher education reform and development
- understand the basic trends of contemporary higher education reform in the main countries of the world
- analyze the roles of international organizations in higher education reform around the world
- analyze the roles of governments, industry and NGOs in higher education reforms
- apply learned knowledge to concrete cases

Contents

- New challenges to higher education and the rise of the global higher educational reforms
- Reforms in higher education management, administration and finance
- Reforms in admission ,curriculum and teaching in colleges and universities
- Faculty development and higher education reform
- The roles of governments, industry and NGOs in higher education reforms
- The roles of international organizations in Higher education reform around the world

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	30 h	0 h
Independent work	95 h	0 h

Readings, lectures, case exercise

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Paper (70%) Class attendance (30%)

Study materials

Selected books and articles to be announced later.

 

Belongs to following study modules