Recognising the ordinances of Heaven

The role of Confucianism in higher education management in the People's Republic of China

Bibliographic Data

ID4545634
AuthorsAndrys Onsman (0000-0003-4271-125X, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume34
Issue2
Pages169-184
Publication date2012-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2012.662741
OpenAlexW1974454461
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited28

As part of an ambitious 10-year programme to overhaul and improve its entire education structure, China is currently engaged in developing, reforming and opening up its higher education sector. The stated aims are to increase access, increase resourcing, improve outcomes and lessen direct official interference. Underpinning the programme are aspects of Confucian philosophy as well as Communist Party of China ordinances. Confucian thought however, is far from intractable and how much it has been altered to suit the political perspective is a matter of contention. This paper argues that the term Confucian heritage as it has been applied to governance in higher education is too unstable to inform the analysis of progress and potential in Chinese higher education reform in any meaningful way. Instead, it serves the more civic purpose of providing a popular reference point for China's national and international ambitions in the sector

China · Communism · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Heaven · Higher education · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Underpinning · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law · Public Administration

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