Comprehensive Reform of the University Governance System in China: The Paradigm of Tongji University

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Author(s): Yan Wang (Tongji University, China)and Ruixue Li (Tongji University, China)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 14
Source title: University Governance and Academic Leadership in the EU and China
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chang Zhu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)and Merve Zayim-Kurtay (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7441-5.ch005

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Education / Educational Administration and Leadership / Higher Education

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This chapter introduces and discusses changes with respect to the university governance system in China which is in the process of creating a world-class university by taking Tongji University as an example. It presents an analytical framework on the basis of four powers: (1) the internal democratic nature of the governance structure, (2) the external involvement in university governance, (3) the level of centralization of the decision-making authority in the university, and (4) the concentration of authority in an individual leadership position versus authority in a collective body or spread over various collective bodies. It analyzes and summarizes the reforms of three colleges at Tongji University in these four aspects and puts forward some reasonable suggestions for other universities.

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