ERIC Number: EJ1387769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0159-6306
EISSN: EISSN-1469-3739
Departing from Hybridity: Higher Education Development and University Governance in Postcolonial Hong Kong
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v44 n3 p407-424 2023
This paper aims to explain the path of higher education development and governance in (post-colonial) Hong Kong in light of the concept of hybridity. The paper begins with a historical review, delineating the establishment of major universities in Hong Kong, thereby illustrating how hybridity informs the trajectory of higher education development in the city. Considering the tensions and conflicts that emerged during the post-colonial transition and underlining the influences of managerialism and political activism, the paper draws on data from interviews with university council members and student leaders to outline the issues on university governance in Hong Kong. This paper argues that the response of the Chinese central government to the social unrest in the city represents a re-Sinification process that redefines the idea of the university in postcolonial Hong Kong.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Development, Governance, Universities, Postcolonialism, College Administration, Cultural Influences, Decolonization, Nationalism, Politics of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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