Henan Postsecondary Vocational Education: problems, analysis and solutions
Henan province is eagerly spearheading a massive expansion of higher education in a very radical way in recent years; gross enrollment rate has reached 16％ in 2004, which means the period of mass higher education is coming. Its postsecondary vocational education attained achievements as well as raised challenges, although it trained many skilled practical workers to serve the improvement of Henans economics. Its pioneering spirit will set an example for many other modernizing and industrializing provinces in China even other nations. This article deals with the postsecondary vocational education and its great expansion process in Henan as a case analysis. Firstly the system of postsecondary vocational education in China and the concept of mass higher education are described to give a general idea of Chinas postsecondary vocational education system. The focus of this article is, however, mainly on the achievements and challenges of postsecondary vocational education taking place in recent years in particular. Besides the description of frog-leap expansion and finally three measures to meet these challenges are detailed.
mass higher education postsecondary vocational education colleges
Xinling Dai
Department of Education Zhengzhou Universitity Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
国际会议
贵阳
英文
209-211
2011-01-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）