| HIGHER EDUCATI0N IN CHINA |
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| 2004/05/13 |
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After the founding of the People's Republic of
China in 1949, governments and the Communist Party of China
at various levels have attached more and more importance to
the development of high education. Particularly after the
Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party, the reform and development of
higher education have made significant achievements. A
higher education system with various forms, which
encompasses basically all branches of learning, combines
both degree-education and non-degree education and
integrates college education, undergraduate education and
graduate education, has taken shape.
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THE SCALE OF HIGHER EDUCATI0N
In 1998,
there were all together 1984 Higher Education
Institutions£¨HEIs£©, among which 1022
were Regular HEIs and the other 962 were higher education
institutions for adults£® In l998, the total
number of new entrant admitted by and the total enrollment
of the regular HEIs were respectively 1,083,600 and 3, 408,
800£®The total number of new entrant admitted by
and the total enrollment of new recruitment and total
enrollment of adult higher education institutions were
1,001,400 and 2,822,200£®The total number of
graduate students newly admitted by HEIs and
research
institutions was 72,500, among which
l5, 000 were for PH.D and 57, 300 for master's degree. The
total enrollment for graduate students was 198,900 in 1998.
Form the year 1990 to 1998, the number of college students
and university students has increased by 67£¥,
from 3,729,000 to 6,231 and that for graduate students has
increased by ll4£¥ from 93,000 to
l98,900£® By the end of 1997, the net enrollment
rate of HEIs has reached 9.07£¥. Self-study
examinations for higher education, non-degree higher
education of various forms and further education also have
made big strides.
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