The organisational management and regulation of the Chinese private higher education sector

ABSTRACT

In this paper some background is given to the development of the private higher education sector in China. Rising economic growth rates, technological improvements across the economy, rising incomes and higher secondary school participation rates have all combined to increase the size of demand for places in the sector, including the private part of the sector. The growth of the private higher education sector has been accepted by the government on the whole, but the impact of government regulation has not always been one that has encouraged the sector to realise its full potential.