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Student–Faculty Interaction: A Key to Academic Integration and Success for Ethnic Minority Students at a Major University in Southwest China
WU Mei,Forrest W. PARKAY,Paul E. PITRE
Front. Educ. China. 2016, 11 (4): 483-502.
https://doi.org/10. 3868/s110-005-016-0038-7
This study examines the academic performance and “engagement” of ethnic minority students at a leading university in southwest China. Results indicate that ethnic minority students have significantly lower grades, lower class ranking, and have failed more courses than majority Han students. Results also show that the level of student–faculty interaction (SFI) for ethnic minority students is significantly lower than for Han students. Study results also indicate that average scores in coursework and student ranking among their cohorts are significantly, but weakly, correlated with SFI. The study concludes that SFI may have little influence on students’ academic achievement itself, but would help students integrate into the college community, enabling a sense of belonging, which is a major factor in supporting academic success among ethnic minority students.
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A Systematic Literature Review of Funding for Higher Education Institutions in Developed Countries
Qilong ZHANG,Ruth BARNES,KANG Ning
Front. Educ. China. 2016, 11 (4): 519-542.
https://doi.org/10. 3868/s110-005-016-0040-8
Resource allocation and funding in higher education is crucial to the success of reform and transformation of our higher education system. With a view to identifying trends and best practices in the area, utilizing a method of systematic literature review, we have critically reviewed relevant theories and practices from developed counties that are covered in the scholarly literature published in English in the past 10 years. Our review has revealed: (1) Several universal trends have exerted a decisive impact on resource allocation in higher education, for example, funding reduction and tuition fee increases, performancebased funding, privatization, corporatization, and internationalization; (2) Several theories underpin key research in the area, for example, new institutional economics, resource dependence theory, and political economy; (3) Several controversial issues have made their way into public debate, for example, higher education as a public good or private good, academic capitalism, educational equity, and the role of econometrics.
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现代学习与教学论: 性质, 关系和研究 [Modern learning and teaching theories: Their nature, relationships, and research ]. 黄显华, 霍秉坤, 徐慧璇 [Huang, Hsien Hua, Fok, Ping Kwan, & Xu, Huixuan]
GAO Lingbiao
Front. Educ. China. 2016, 11 (4): 552-556.
https://doi.org/10. 3868/s110-005-016-0045-3
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