Opening Education to the Outside World

Jian Li, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University. She received her Ph.D. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Previously, she served as Senior Research Consultant for Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at Project on Academic Success (PAS), Centre for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, and Rural Education Action Project (REAP) of Stanford University. Her general area of scholarship is on the assessment of compulsory education. Within this general area, she has pursued four themes: compulsory education policy, globalization of higher education, higher education policy and management, undergraduate students’ global learning performance assessment, faculty academic innovation perspective within higher education and comparative higher education development as a framework for institutional research. Shehas published over 60 articles, monographs and book chapters and delivered over 20 workshops and seminars and offered more than 20 keynote, peer-reviewed and invited presentations throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Africa, and Asia.    Eryong, Xue is the professor in China Institute of Education Policy, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. Changjiang scholars (young scholars) were awarded by the Ministry of Education in China. He is also a research fellow of the Center for Science and Technology and Education DEvelopment Strategy in Tsinghua University. He is also a postdoctoral fellow in the public administration of Tsinghua University. He has published more than 100 Chinese and English papers in the field of educational research. He has produced more than 100 CSSCI articles. He has won the seventh award for outstanding achievements in scientific research in institutions of higher learning, the fifth national award for outstanding achievements in educational scientific research, and the award for outstanding achievements in political participation and discussion by the central committee for the advancement of the people for more than 40 times. More than 40 independent or co-authored consulting reports were adopted by decision-making departments or approved by leaders. He has presided over more than 10 national or provincial projects such as national social science fund, natural science fund, ministry of education humanities and social science fund, Beijing philosophy and social science project, participated in 9 national or provincial key projects such as ministry of education philosophy and social science project, and 1 international cooperation project. The project of national natural science foundation of China was awarded excellent. He has been honoured as the advanced worker of summer social practice for students at capital college and technical secondary school, the outstanding talent of Beijing division, the youngtalent of Beijing social science federation, the outstanding talent of Beijing universities and colleges, and the outstanding talent of Beijing. Main social part-time jobs: member of the 14th committee of the communist youth league of Beijing, deputy director of the working committee of college students and young teachers, special expert of China education association, China education development strategy society, national academic level office, director of Beijing postdoctoral fellowship (the 20th session). 

Studying abroad at Public Expense since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.- Studying abroad at our own expense in China: From the perspective of departmental coordination.- Sino-foreign cooperation of running schools in China.- Confucius Institutes’ development in China.- Luban Workshop development in China.- Running Chinese-foreign cooperation education in China.- The education policy of studying in China.- The internationalization evaluation of higher education in China.