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Change in higher education in the People's Republic of China

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Developments in Chines higher education since the creation of the People's Republic in 1949 are reviewed with special reference to the periods before and after the Cultural Revolution. Recent changes in admission policies the use of work experience, the linking of theory with practice, length of course, and teacher-student relationships are discussed.

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  1. Foreign Languages Institute, Peking, People's Republic of China

    R. C. Hunt

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This is a shortened version of a longer article written when the author was Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the Asian Studies Centre, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Hunt, R.C. Change in higher education in the People's Republic of China. High Educ 4, 45–59 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01569101

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