This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas of debate in China's education system. Marketization, quality assurance, and issues of inequality and gender are all discussed, as are expansion in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, the impact of globalization, and the influence of education on China's economic growth. The book, which comprises contributions from many leading authorities, will be of great interest both to comparative education specialists, and also to all those interested in China's rise and development.

Hongjie Chen is a Professor at the Institute of Higher Education, Peking University, China, and Editor-in-Chief of the Peking Education Review.

W. James Jacob is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. His research and leadership interests include higher education strategic planning; academic affairs; quality assurance; organizational development; organizational effectiveness; and indigenous education issues of culture, language, and identity as they relate to post-secondary education.

1. A Review of Key Trends in Chinese Education

2:. Research on Returns on Education at All Levels and Changes for Urban Residents in China: 2002-2009

3. Analysis on Factors Affecting Chinese Higher Education Graduates' Employment Satisfaction

4. Studying Abroad or Internationalizing on Campus? Strategic Choice of University Students' Global Competence Training

5. Influence of Higher Education on Student Development: Ability Improving or Selection?

6. A De-Contextualization and Re-contextualization Discourse Representation System of Teacher Cognition Reform Practice

7. State and Public Education: An Analytical Framework of New Human Capital Theory

8. "Technology" Development History of Education

9. The Role of Education in the Transformation of Economic Growth Patterns

10. Political Logic of Nongovernment/Private Education (NGPE) in Rural China: Evidence from an Investigation in a Northern County in China

11. A Rational Perspective: Shaking Off the "Adjustment Theory": A Historical Misconception in Higher Education

12. Donor Behavior and Donation Income of Chinese Higher Education Institutions

13. Knowledge Production Changes and Diversified Models of Academic Research within Research Universities

14. Loan Financing Behaviors and Financial Operation Characteristics of Chinese Higher Education Institutions After Enrollment Expansion

15. An Examination of "The Engineer of Human Souls"