Three different“logics”—that of the internal strategies of the institutions,the economic pressures of the socialist market economy and the political policies of the state drive the development of a university.The d...Three different“logics”—that of the internal strategies of the institutions,the economic pressures of the socialist market economy and the political policies of the state drive the development of a university.The dynamic interaction and coexistence of the three logics has determined the transformation models of teacher-education or normal universities in China.This paper aims at describing and analyzing both the process and the forces that led to these transformations by taking East China Normal University(ECNU),Southwest University(SWU)and Yanbian University(YBU)as examples.Reliance on government and market resources has put these universities into a dilemma:On the one hand,they wanted to retain their original features so as to preserve their leading position in the“teacher education”market,and on the other,they needed to merge,expand,restructure and enhance their quality as they pursued overall development.The case analyses show that the teacher-education university’s need for self-development,which is the internal determinant,plays a critical role in its transformation.At the same time,the socioeconomic environment and national policies influence the institution while it displays considerable capacity for self-adjustment.展开更多
The founding conference of the Big Data Statistics Branch (BDSB) of the Chinese Association forApplied Statistics (CAAS) was held on 8 December 2018, at East China Normal University (ECNU),Shanghai, China. More than 6...The founding conference of the Big Data Statistics Branch (BDSB) of the Chinese Association forApplied Statistics (CAAS) was held on 8 December 2018, at East China Normal University (ECNU),Shanghai, China. More than 600 experts and scholars attended the conference. Professor ZhangRiquan was elected as the chairman of the first Board of Directors of the BDSB. Fang Xiangzhong,Chairman of the CAAS, delivered a speech. Professor Wang Zhaojun and Dr Liu Zhong delivered,respectively, keynote reports on the development of Big Data researches and practices, at theconference. The BDSB will be dedicated to building a high-level big data statistics exchange platform for experts and scholars in universities, governments, enterprises, and other fields to betterserve the society and serve the country’s major strategies.展开更多
文摘Three different“logics”—that of the internal strategies of the institutions,the economic pressures of the socialist market economy and the political policies of the state drive the development of a university.The dynamic interaction and coexistence of the three logics has determined the transformation models of teacher-education or normal universities in China.This paper aims at describing and analyzing both the process and the forces that led to these transformations by taking East China Normal University(ECNU),Southwest University(SWU)and Yanbian University(YBU)as examples.Reliance on government and market resources has put these universities into a dilemma:On the one hand,they wanted to retain their original features so as to preserve their leading position in the“teacher education”market,and on the other,they needed to merge,expand,restructure and enhance their quality as they pursued overall development.The case analyses show that the teacher-education university’s need for self-development,which is the internal determinant,plays a critical role in its transformation.At the same time,the socioeconomic environment and national policies influence the institution while it displays considerable capacity for self-adjustment.
文摘The founding conference of the Big Data Statistics Branch (BDSB) of the Chinese Association forApplied Statistics (CAAS) was held on 8 December 2018, at East China Normal University (ECNU),Shanghai, China. More than 600 experts and scholars attended the conference. Professor ZhangRiquan was elected as the chairman of the first Board of Directors of the BDSB. Fang Xiangzhong,Chairman of the CAAS, delivered a speech. Professor Wang Zhaojun and Dr Liu Zhong delivered,respectively, keynote reports on the development of Big Data researches and practices, at theconference. The BDSB will be dedicated to building a high-level big data statistics exchange platform for experts and scholars in universities, governments, enterprises, and other fields to betterserve the society and serve the country’s major strategies.
