The features and trends of university development in Australia and China

• Published in: Higher education policy Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 207 - 216
• Main Author: Chen, Shengrong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.06.2007; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Academic disciplines; Ausland; Australia; Australia-China comparisons; Australien; China; Colleges & universities; Colleges and universities - Australia; Colleges and universities - China (People's Republic); Comparative analysis; Comparative studies; Competition; Competitiveness; Conceptual development; Councils; Culture; Economic development; Education; Education Policy; Educational change; Educational development; Educational policy; Educational Policy and Politics; Forum; Governance; Higher Education; Hochschule; Hochschulreform; Hochschulsystem; Innovation; Innovations; Knowledge; Legislation; Management; Policy analysis; Staat; Students; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Tertiary education; Trends; Universities; University management; Values; Australia; China; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Western Australia Australia; compare; feature; international; trend; university
• ISSN: 0952-8733; 1740-3863
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300147

Universities are playing an increasingly more important role in society. Australia and China are great countries in the world with Australia being a model for western and English-speaking culture and China representing an eastern culture. This article looks at both of the countries, comparing and discussing university values, governance and changing trends. The article raises some new views or theories about higher education development. For example, the concept of broad-sense knowledge; interaction has a strategic position and meaning for university development; efficiency of innovation, mastering and applying knowledge are the most important factors for a country's competitiveness and so on. At the international level, it is highly important for the university-enterprise to look at research as the key to developing universities in Australia; it is also more important to develop higher education more quickly and better in China. The university-enterprise will be the main trend to develop higher education. It will become the fourth stage for university development in the world. [Author abstract]