THE PROBLEMS WITH THE COLLEGE ELITE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CHINA
Keywords:
Elite Education Program, Case Study Research, PedagogyAbstract
Elite education program is conducted in many Chinese universities. Hitherto, there is a lack of empirical research that investigates the effectiveness of such programs. In this research, we conducted a case study research on the Cultural Foundation Strengthening Program of a major university in Nanjing City of China. We first reviewed the Western and Chinese literature on three issues: what defines elite education program; what has went wrong in elite education program; and what can we do to elite education program. To ensure the representativeness of our samples, we then used a stratified approach to select our samples. We conducted in-depth interviews with 9 year one students (6 females and 3 males), 12 year two students (9 females and 3 males), and 9 year three students (7 females and 2 males). At the end of the research, we found the following problems: chaos in the management system; chaos in the education system; problems in the mentorship system; problems with extra-curriculum activities evaluation; and problems with the academic expressway system.
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