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The dramatic transformation of the postsecondary education in Mainland China during the last thirty years, along with socioeconomic reform, cannot be overstated. China now has the largest higher education system in the world. In response to the rapid enrollment expansion, it has become a diversified postsecondary education system, particularly since the end of 1990s. This chapter provides an overview of this system and discusses how the Chinese system has been shaped to serve a range of societal and individual needs.
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Wang, Q. (2017). A Differentiated Postsecondary Education System in Mainland China. In: Altbach, P.G., Reisberg, L., Wit, H.d. (eds) Responding to Massification. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-083-7_6
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