Growth and conflict: the views of Chinese private higher education managers

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a series of interviews conducted with a number of managers of Chinese private higher education institutions on the growth of the private higher education sector in China and the relationship it has with the government. Private higher education managers in China do seem concerned with the regulatory impediments to their institutions’ development and the difficulties involved in competing with state-funded institutions.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses a series of interviews conducted with a number of managers of Chinese private higher education institutions on the growth of the private higher education sector in China and the relationship it has with the government.

Findings

The research found that private higher education managers in China do seem concerned with the regulatory impediments to their institutions’ development and the difficulties involved in competing with state-funded institutions.

Originality/value

This work is the only one of its kind in the academic literature.

Citation

Ma, X. and Abbott, M. (2016), "Growth and conflict: the views of Chinese private higher education managers", Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-04-2016-0003