Research trend on higher education in China for the past ten years

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to explore the developing trend of higher pedagogy, to promote the research of higher pedagogy to be more canonical and scientific and to improve the higher education theory.

Design/methodology/approach

The utility research uses a method of quantitative study, namely “content analysis”, to estimate and analyze the higher education theory literature on ten dimensionalities which include theme, author, abstract, keywords, subject, proposing of the issue, definition of key terms, research methods, conclusion, reference and annotations from 1996 to 2006 in China.

Findings

The analysis of the selected 250 academic theses and reports in the field of higher education shows that academic research and theoretical standard have been improved, meanwhile academic criterion have been formed by degrees in higher pedagogy within ten years. At the same time, there are still some problems in the papers and reports the authors have selected such as title, key words, proposing of the issue, researching method and conclusion.

Originality/value

This paper sums up the trend of research on higher education in China for the past ten years, and points out the problems in this trend and then proposes ways to improve the research of higher education in China.

Citation

Kang, C., Wang, G., Shi, M. and Sun, F. (2014), "Research trend on higher education in China for the past ten years", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 319-339. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-04-2013-0059