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In the past 15 years, the People’s Republic of China has pursued two higher education policies simultaneously–massification on one hand, and development of world-class universities on the other. These twin strategies have produced the largest tertiary system in the world, with more than 27 million students in 2007 and rapid enhancement of the nation’s top universities.
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Mohrman, K., Wang, Y. (2010). China’s Drive for World-Class Universities. In: Portnoi, L.M., Rust, V.D., Bagley, S.S. (eds) Higher Education, Policy, and the Global Competition Phenomenon. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106130_12
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