Transnational Higher Education Theory And Practice

Transnational higher education , one of the most prominent features of international higher education, has become a popular practice in the era of economic globalization. Especially after the establishment of GATS, various countries have adopted it a basic policy, opening the market of their higher education and enhancing the international communications in programs and other academic exchanges. China ,one of the largest and fasting developing countries, is becoming one of the most potential fascinating transnational higher education market in the world. As a consequence, the program of "Sino-foreign Cooporation in Running School (SFCRS)" was born and has boomed in China. Meanwhile, various kinds of problems, theoretical or practical, are presented before us. As such, this dissertation intends to provide the possible theory and feasible inferences for SFCRS and its policy design.Searching the source of transnational higher education(TNHE), it comes from the chain of economic globalization-internalization of higher education-TNHE- SFCRS. Not only is economic globalization its engine , but the historical background for transnational higher education. It reinforces the further development of the internationalization of higher education, and marks transnational higher education as the eminent features of the times. GATS in WTO promotes it to develop to a higher level. All these impact on the individual example in China-SFCRS. A comparison of transnational higher education in different countries offers both an international background and some useful practical strategies for SFCRS. Transnational higher education as a means of trade in services, it involves exporters and importers. The U S, England, Australia and New Zealand are chosen as the exporters of transnational higher education and Malaysia, Hongkong (SAR) and Isreal as typical examples of importers . The general characteristics, the developing tendency, organization, administration and other essential problems are compared respectively among these countries. The market practice and their ways in administration and protecting educational sovereignty, all these will give us hints and help in fully understanding transnational higher education , SFCRS and in our relevant policy decision. Educational sovereignty has been one of the most difficult and disputed problem in transnational higher education and in SFCRS. The study of educational sovereignty cannot skip its upper concept of (national) sovereignty, because the definition, the history and development of sovereignty are closely impacted on educationalsovereignty. In China the problem of educational sovereignty is regarded more serious because it experienced an unpleasant stage in foreign religion education in history . According to the theories of sovereignty, this dissertation gives the definition, features and developing trend of education sovereignty in transnational higher education and in SFCRS.SFCRS, the practice of transnational higher education in China, has its own history and effects on China's higher education. The general data of the whole country, Shanghai, Beijing and Shandong Province are chosen as samples for study of characteristics of SFCRS. Some positive and negative effects on higher education have been summed up . The major problems consist in the problem of educational notion and management in SFCRS.The issue of educational model is considered as the key to solve the previous problems. Therefore, firstly all the education models of SFCRS can been classified, based on their organizational features, into two general categories- separated and nonseparated models. Secondly, a newly designed educational model in the separate model is formed , a model of Sino-foreign joint-stock education . This model adopts the way of operation separating education and management which will initiate higher enthusiasm in investing in education and promote further development of industralization and market sense of higher education . Based on the above analysis , the last comes the const...