China: Reforming the Gaokao

Authors

  • Gerard A Postiglione

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5527

Keywords:

gaokao, talent development in China, technical-professional education, Chinese higher education

Abstract

China’s newest reform of the gaokao will split the exam into two modes, one aiming at technically inclined students and the other at the traditionally academically oriented students. Six hundred local level colleges are asked to restructure their teaching programs from academic education to applied technology and professional education. Success of the reform will hinge on the quality of the education provided by the colleges, reducing the current level of graduate unemployment, up scaling the nation’s industrial production, and raising the social status of a technical-professional education.

Author Biography

Gerard A Postiglione

Gerard A. Postiglione is Chair in Sociology and Education Policy, associate dean for research, and director of the Centre of Research on Education in China, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, China.

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Published

2014-05-12

How to Cite

Postiglione, G. A. (2014). China: Reforming the Gaokao. International Higher Education, (76), 17–18. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.76.5527

Issue

No. 76: Summer 2014

Section

China: New Directions

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