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ERIC Number: EJ545117
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Private Challenges to Public Dominance: The Resurgence of Private Education in the Pearl River Delta.
Mok, Ka-Ho
Comparative Education, v33 n1 p43-60 Mar 1997
Examines the policy context in which private education has emerged in post-Mao China. Uses three case studies of private schools/colleges to explore how intellectuals and educators in the Pearl River Delta (Guangdong province) have persevered to assert their academic independence, offer a new agenda for education, and redefine the private-public distinction. Contains 64 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Politics of Education, Private Colleges, Private Education, Private Schools, Professional Autonomy
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China