Political Culture and Higher Education Governance in Chinese Societies: Some Reflections

Yang, Rui

doi:10.1007/s11516-020-0010-z

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“…In post‐totalitarian systems, however, the managerialism in not “new”. In Eurasia, administrativisation is embedded in the cultural design of societies and universities (Demin, 2017; Yang, 2020). The Soviet model of a university, for example, was designed in accordance with the principles of “(1) uniformity, (2) top‐down administration; (3) one‐man management” (Kuraev, 2016, p. 185).…”

Section: Integrity Of Governance and Performance In Global Competitionmentioning

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World‐class universities and the Soviet legacies of administration: Integrity dilemmas in Russian higher education

Oleksiyenko

2021

Higher Education Quarterly

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This paper explores integrity dilemmas experienced by Russian academics in the context of building a world‐class university. Interviews with professors and managers of major research universities in Moscow provide critical insights into the organisational and attitudinal incongruities generated by a coercive state—a challenge that Russia has been unable to rise above following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Scepticism as to the “master model” of competitive performance is evident in relation to the Russian 5‐100‐2020 excellence scheme, the overseers of which prioritise “reputation management” over integrity in governance and performance. In addition to exposing the consequences of deficient institutional autonomy, which prevail in the context of a post‐totalitarian society, this paper calls for enhanced critical inquiry into university excellence programmes imposed by performativist and vanity‐driven governments.

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World‐class universities and the Soviet legacies of administration: Integrity dilemmas in Russian higher education

Oleksiyenko

2021

Higher Education Quarterly

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“…This paper does not provide an account of the governance of science and universities in China (Han & Xu, 2019 ; Li & Yang, 2014 ) or explore them in terms of national culture (Marginson & Yang, 2020 ; Yang, 2020 ), large and important topics in themselves. Rather, the focus has been China’s science within global science, and the relation between the global system and national system development.…”

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‘All things are in flux’: China in global science

Marginson

2021

High Educ

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Since 1990, a large and dynamic global science system has evolved, based on grass roots collaboration, and resting on the resources, infrastructure and personnel housed by national science systems. Euro-American science systems have become intensively networked in a global duopoly; and many other countries have built national science systems, including a group of large- and middle-sized countries that follow semi-autonomous trajectories based on state investment, intensive national network building, and international engagement, without integrating tightly into the global duopoly. The dual global/national approach pursued by these systems, including China, South Korea, Iran and India, is not always fully understood in papers on science. Nevertheless, China is now the number two science country in the world, the largest producer of papers and number one in parts of STEM physical sciences. The paper investigates the remarkable evolution of China’s science funding, output, discipline balance, internationalisation strategy and national and global networking. China has combined global activity and the local/national building of science in positive sum manner, on the ground of the nationally nested science system. The paper also discusses limits of the achievement, noting that while China-US relations have been instrumental in building science, a partial decoupling is occurring and the future is unclear.

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“…In other words, staying politically ambiguous, which is emphasized in the internationally shaped approach, is incongruent to the ethos of a national development agenda. To explain the root cause of the tensions, Yang (2020) argues that Hong Kong has neglected the significance of the Chinese political culture, which stresses a hierarchical relationship among social actors, in the development of its HE governance. He notes that "the Hong Kong higher education system has shown little respect for traditional culture.…”

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Global pedigree and national imperative: Hong Kong universities’ response to China’s grand strategies

Lee

Abdrasheva

2021

High Educ

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Literature offers a theoretical framework exemplifying the inherent tensions between “becoming Chinese” and “remaining global” in the evolution of the international status of Hong Kong. Adopting this framework, this paper examines the global position of Hong Kong’s higher education through an investigation of universities’ participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Greater Bay Area development plan. Specifically, drawing on data from interviews about universities’ engagement with the two Chinese grand strategies, the paper discusses university leaders and academics’ experience and perception of Hong Kong’s global status against a policy context that foregrounds a deeper integration with the Chinese national development. This discussion offers a theoretical dialogue that reveals different but overlapping scenarios for the future of Hong Kong’s higher education and sheds light on the link between the changing geopolitical contexts and international higher education.

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Political Culture and Higher Education Governance in Chinese Societies: Some Reflections

Cited by 36 publications

References 67 publications

World‐class universities and the Soviet legacies of administration: Integrity dilemmas in Russian higher education

World‐class universities and the Soviet legacies of administration: Integrity dilemmas in Russian higher education

‘All things are in flux’: China in global science

Global pedigree and national imperative: Hong Kong universities’ response to China’s grand strategies

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