Politics and Education in Nationalist China
The Case of the University Council, 1927-1928
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3608968 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen B Linden (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 763-776 |
| Publication date | 1968-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2051578 |
| OpenAlex | W2134767640 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
In 1927, Ts'ai Yüan-p'ei, one of China's eminent intellectuals in the first half of the twentieth century, initiated a program to reform Chinese education. In June of that year, the leaders of the Kuomintang government in Nanking approved Ts'ai's recommendation that they establish a new organization, a University Council [ta-hsüeh yüan], in place of a Ministry of Education to direct educational affairs. A month later they appointed Ts'ai to the post of Chancellor of the University Council. In the first issue of the Bulletin of the University Council, Ts'ai accounted for the change. He stated: "Looking back over the past decade, one can see that the Ministry of Education, situated in the midst of the corrupt atmosphere of Peking, was infected by the government agencies around it. There were times when those who headed the Ministry knew nothing about scholarship and education. Those ministers took advantage of their position and put members of their personal cliques into office. Word of this has spread so that the title Ministry of Education is synonomous with corrupt officialdom. It is for this reason that the Nationalist Government has decided to abolish the title 'Ministry of Education' and adopted the title 'University Council' for the body which supervises scholarship and education
China · Christian ministry · Government (linguistics) · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Public Administration
The growth of the academic community 1912–1949
The Chinese Communist movement during the Sino-Japanese War 1937–1945
The development of local government
Literary trends
The Chinese Work—Study Movement in France
Nationalist China during the Nanking decade 1927–1937
The Cambridge History of China
Social Reality and Educational Reform
Rethinking Governmentality
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 2006 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |