A public debate on how to improve China’s public university finances

As already indicated when initially discussing China’s public universities’ financial situation, a plan to overcome underlying problems is not in sight as yet. After analysing some of the most critical cases, however, key reasons for failure – most of them related to planning and control mechanisms – can be named: Dwindling enrolments due to the [...]

Posted Under: University
This post was written by Frank Quosdorf on April 23, 2010 Comments (0)

China’s secret plan to overcome its university debt problem

It has been a known issue for more than a decade: Chinese universities’ insurmountable debts. And as the topic managed to attract public attention again just recently, a closer look into the matter deemed appropriate. Departments of statistics, both federal and local, would not go so far as to hard-wire figures leaving it up to [...]

Posted Under: Chinese Education Policy,Chinese Students,Education System,University
This post was written by Frank Quosdorf on April 17, 2010 Comments (2)