中外合作办学研究:一个批判的文化主义视角

中外合作办学是指国内高校与国外大学进行合作的一种形式.看似繁荣的中外合作办学可能正面临着迫在眉睫的危机.然而,现有的研究仅停留在中国政府的政策或者政策变化以及机构层面上的操作等问题上.对于为什么这些跨境高等教育活动会发生在中国、它们是否带来了中国社会和高等教育发展所需要的东西以及它们如何才能为中国高等教育体制的完善作出贡献等问题则鲜有研究.换言之,已有研究似乎表明跨境高等教育的主导形式和实践都很好,因而研究的重点就是完善它.本文通过对中外合作办学活动的研究提出一个批判的文化主义视角,这一视角将以新自由主义、后殖民主义和文化主义的观点作为研究的潜在理论工具以填补某些研究的空白.

Transnational Higher Education in China: Towards a Critical Culturalist Research Agenda

Transnational higher education(TNHE) in China refers to the programs and institutions which are operated jointly between Chinese universities and colleges and their foreign counterparts.The seemingly booming TNHE activities in China may now be confronting a looming crisis.Yet,the research so far focuses on aspects of policy or policy changes by the Chinese government and operational issues at the institutional level.There are few attempts to explore the reasons why these transnational higher education activities are happening on Chinese soil,whether they bring in what is needed by Chinese society and higher education,and how they may contribute to progress for the Chinese system.Put in another way,the current research seems to have affirmed the value of the dominant TNHE patterns and practices,suggesting that the focus should be placed on how to improve them.This paper challenges this judgment by proposing a critical culturalist research agenda on transnational higher education in China,and drawing on perspectives from neo-liberalism,post-colonialism and the culturalist approach as potential theoretical tools to underpin such a research agenda.