Abstract: Higher education institution plays an increasingly important role as the major driving force of development in the nation and world at large. This is due to their capacity of doing research and producing skilled people who are very important in the nation in areas such as technology and socioeconomic development. Chinese government has been doing its best to reform higher education sector and the educational system at large. As a result, private education has developed in China and hundreds of private colleges and universities have been opened in response to covering the increasing demand for higher education in the world’s most populous nation. Despite the rapid establishment of these private universities, most Chinese students prefer to be enrolled in the government assisted universities. Using secondary data, this paper discusses the background and development of private universities in China, specifically explaining the reason why most of Chinese students do not prefer private universities. The paper suggests that private universities are important as public universities because they all aim at providing education to students for the betterment of the nation, and therefore recommends the government to offer assistance to private university education in order to offer enough opportunities for Chinese students.
Keywords: Higher Education; Private Universities; Public Universities, China.
Title: PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AS A SECOND CHOICE AMONG CHINESE STUDENTS
Author: Happiness Onesmo Lukoko
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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