Study Of Reform In China In The College System

Universities are steadily expanding amidst a comprehensive reform of the tertiary education system in China, with an ever broader spectrum of disciplines and increasingly complicated structures. These new developments are posing challenges to the traditional system of internal management in universities. Against this backdrop, the multi-college system (a federated system of colleges) has become the first choice in the reform of the system of internal management in universities. This thesis consists of the following:PART ONE (INTRODUCTION, CHAPTERS I & II): On the basis of a brief review on the status of its reform and the history of its development, this part analyzes the cause of a return to the multi-college system in China from managerial, economic, and political perspectives, with a focus on the need for managerial restructuring as the main cause for the choice of multi-college system by universities. Chapter II singles out four characteristics commonly found amongst the multi-college systems in France, Britain, and the United States, namely, integrity, evolution and identity.PART TWO (CHAPTER III): This part addresses the multi-college system primarily from a theoretical perspective. It puts forward a completely new definition of the multi-college system, offers a scientific division of colleges for the universities that have introduced the multi-college system, and comes up with three basic principles governing its implementation.PART THREE (CHAPTER IV): As the main body of the thesis, this part addresses the operational dimension of the multi-college system, treating seven full-scale universities in Jiangsu as case studies, analyzing the common problems in concept, design, organization, and management that have occurred in multi-college-related reforms, and offering the following ideas in relation to their solutions:1. Reformers are to update their thinking, lower the managerial gravity, and clearly sort out the relations of rights and responsibilities between the universities and their colleges and departments.2. Different tiers of formal colleges are to be instituted in accordance with the primary standards of clustering new categories of disciplines, while taking into account diversity as secondary standards in developing colleges.3. In academic management, the matrix structure is to be strengthened to increase horizontal interaction and coordination in academic and personnel matters; in student management, the dual control system based on colleges and living quarters is recommended.PART FOUR (CHAPTER V): This part puts forward six points for consideration on multi-college-related reforms and management from the perspective of managerial art, including team management and brand-name control.