Faculty and Staff
Wang Yingjie
Publish Date:2012-01-01

Professor of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University.
Research Interests?Comparative Education; Higher Education; American Education.
Address: International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China 100875.
Telephone: +86-10-5880⌒4211.
Fax:  +86-10-5880⌒0597.
Email: wangyj@bnu.edu.cn.

  Education


1988.  Ph.D. Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University.
1968.  B.A. Portuguese Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University.

 

Professional  Experience


2003.12 - 2004.6  Visiting Professor, Naruto University of Education, Japan.
2002.10 - 2002.11 Visiting Professor, University of Trento, Italy.
1995-1999  Vice President, Beijing Normal University, China.
1993.8-1995.8  Dean, Professor, School of Education, University of Macau, China.
1992-1995  Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, China.
1991.12-1992.12  Fulbright Scholar, Researcher, Harvard University, U.S.A.
1988.11-1989-11  Visiting Professor?School of Education, University of Vermont, U.S.A.
1980.9-1982-9  Visiting Professor?School of Education, Stanford University U.S.A.
1973-   Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, International and Comparative Education Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, China.

 

 Academic  Affiliations


President of China Comparative Education Society (CCES)
Director of Discipline Evaluation Group of Education of Office of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee
Director of National Committee on Self-study Higher Education Examination, Ministry of Education.
Syndic of Chinese American Study Society.

 

  Selected Awarded Research Grants and Contracts


Review of the Contemporary Educational Thoughts. Ministry of Education. 2011-2013.

The Evaluation on the University Creativity. Ministry of Education.2006-2011.

The Social Role and Academic Responsibility of the University. Ministry of Education.2006-2011.

The Educational Development Policy for the Western and Rural Regions: A Comparative Perspective. Ministry of Education, 2005-2008

The Degrees and Diplomas of Higher Education in the Main Asian and Pacific Countries. National Office of Education Sciences Planning, 2005.

Degree for Higher Vocational Education, Office of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, 2004.

The Formation and Development of World-Class Universities. National Office of Education Sciences Planning, 2002-2006.

The Development of Private Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective. Columbia University, 2001-2004.

Undergraduate Teaching in World-Class Universities. National Institute of Undergraduate Teaching Research. 2001–2004.

A Comparative Study on Urgent Theoretical and Practical Issues of China Higher Education. Ministry of Education, 2000-2003.

A Comparative Study on Urgent Issues of Basic Education in the Developing Countries. National Office of Education Sciences Planning, 1997-2000.
The Investment Efficiency of Secondary Education: A Comparative Study. United Nations Children’s Fund, 1996-1998.

A Comparative Study on the Academic Degree and Graduate Education. Ministry of Education, 1993-1996.

A Study on the Urgent Issues of Compulsory Education in the Rural Areas in the Asian Developing Countries.  National Office of Education Sciences Planning, 1997-2000.

Basic Education in China's Rural Areas at Different Development Levels. United Nations Children’s Fund, 1991–1993.

 

 Selected Publications


Published Books
Wang, Yingjie and Liu, Baocun. Thirty Years of Educational Reform in China: Higher Education. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2008.

Wang, Yingjie and Liu, Baocun. The Formation and Development of World-class Universities. Taiyuan: Shanxi Education Publishing House, 2008.

Wang, Yingjie and Liu, Huizhen. China Education Development Report 2005: the Development, Problems and Countermeasure of Higher Education. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2006.

Wang, Yingjie and Liu, Baocun. Innovative Education in Universities: An International Perspective. Taiyuan: Shanxi Education Publishing House, 2005.

Wang, Yingjie, etc. American Education. Changchun: Jilin Education Press, 2001.

Wang,Yingjie. Comparative Education. Guangzhou: Guangdong Higher Education Press, 1999.

Wang, Yingjie, etc. Compulsory Education in Asian Developing Countries. Beijing: People's Education Press, 1997.

Lewen, Keith and Wang,Yingjie. Implementing Basic Education in China: Progress and Prospects in Rich, Poor and National Minority Area . Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 1994.

Wang, Yingjie. The Development and Reform of American Higher Education. Beijing: People's Education Press, 1993.

Published Chapters in Books
Wang, Yingjie. “University Ranking: Problems and Countermeasures.” In Peking University Lectures on Education, Jiang, Kai(ed.). Beijing: Peking University Press, 2010.

Mohrman, Kathrym and Wang, Yingjie. “China’s Drive for World-Class Universities.” In Higher Education, Policy, and the Global Competition Phenomenon, Portnoi, Laura M.,etc.(ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2010.

Wang Yingjie. “Working with U.S. Higher Education: A Chinese Perspective”, In US-China Educational Exchanges: Perspectives on a Growing Partnership, Laughlin, Shepherd (ed). New York: AIFS Foundation and Institute of International Education, 2008.
Wang, Yingjie. “Challenges of Building World-Class Universities in China ”, In The World-Class University and Ranking: Aiming Beyond Status, Sadlak, Jan; Liu, Nian Cai (ed.), Bucharest, Shanghai, Cluj-Napoca:.UNESCO-CEPES, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Cluj University Press, 2007.
Wang, Yingjie. “American Cultural Traditions and Modernization of Education.” In National Cultural Traditions and Modernization of Education, Gu, Mingyuan(ed.). Beijing: People's Education Press, 1998.

Wang, Yingjie. “The Experiences and Lessons in Higher Education Development in India.” In International Education Overview: Comparative Education Anthology in China, Gu, Mingyuan(ed.). Beijing: People's Education Press, 1994.

Wang, Yingjie. “A Comparative Study on the Enrollment System of Colleges and Universities.”  “Undergraduate Teaching in American Colleges and Universities.” “A Comparative Study on Undergraduate Teaching in Colleges and Universities ” “The Faculty in American Colleges and Universities.” In Comparative Higher Education, Fu, Juanming (ed.). Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 1987.

  Published Papers
Wang, Yingjie. Shared Governance: UC Berkeley’s Road of Becoming a World-Class University. Comparative Education Review, 2011(1):1-7.
Wang, Yingjie. A Brief Commentary on the Development and Function of Comparative Education in the Last Thirty Years since the Implementation of Reform and Open Policy. Studies in Foreign Education, 2010(2):1-3.
Wang, Yingjie. Academic Sacredness: the Foundation of University Institution. Exploration and Free Views, 2010(3):13-14.
Wang, Yingjie. Integrity and Misconduct in Research in the US. Comparative Education Review, 2010(1):1-6.
Wang, Yingjie. University Ranking: Problems and Suggestions. Comparative Education Review, 2008(10):1-5.
Wang, Yingjie. Prof. Gu Mingyuan: an Educator to Advance with the Times and a Creative Thinker. Comparative Education Review, 2008(9):1-4.
Wang, Yingjie. Expanding the Higher Education System and Building World-Class Universities: China’s response to Globalization and the Knowledge Economy. European Educational Research Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2008.
Wang, Yingjie. A Critical Analysis of Research Universities in the USA.  Tsinghua Journal of Education . 2008(2):36-40.
Wang, Yingjie. On the Crises of Comparative Education. Comparative Education Review, 2007(3): 14-16.
Wang, Yingjie. A Cultural Analysis of Tension between Academic Power and Administrative Power in Universities. Peking University Education Review, 2007(1): 55-67.
Wang, Yingjie. On the Presidents Wisdom in the Development of the University. Tsinghua Journal of Education. 2005(2):10-20.
Wang, Yingjie. Reforming the Selection System of the University President. Scientific Chinese, 2005(5): 16-17.
Wang, Yingjie. University Crisis: the Problem University Has to Face. Exploration and Free Views, 2005(3):34-38.
Wang, Yingjie. Between Innovation and Conservation: the Experience of Stanford University Marching towards a World-class University. Peking University Education Review, 2004(3): 80-86.
Wang, Yingjie. For the Nation’s Future: An Urgent Need for Moral Education Reform in China. Bulletin of Research Center for School Education, Naruto University of Education, No. 19, 2004.
Wang, Yingjie. Lightening School Children’s Workload: an Eternal Theme of School Reform in China. Nagoya Journal of Education and Human Lightening Development, No. 2, 2003.
Wang, Yingjie. Some Considerations on the Approaches Leading to the World-class University. Tsinghua Journal of Education, 2003(3):53-56.
Wang, Yingjie. On Conservatism of the University: A Cultural Tradition of Yale University. Comparative Education Review, 2003?3?/?1-8.
Wang, Yingjie. Towards Professionalization of Teachers in China: One hundred Year Effort University. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education and Development, December, 2002.
Wang, Yingjie. Academic Autonomy: A Principle to Deal with the Relation between the Government and the University. Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Daily. 21/2/200.
Wang, Yingjie. Building the World-class University in a Developing Country: Universals, Uniqueness, and Cooperation. Asia Pacific Education Review, V. 2, N. 2, 2001.
Wang, Yingjie. Reconstructing the Higher Education System. Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Daily. 18/12/2001.
Wang, Yingjie. Discussion on the Idea of Higher Education. Chinese Higher Education Study. 2001(3): 40-41.
Wang, Yingjie. Rules and Enlightenment -- Some Considerations about World-class        University Building.  Comparative Education Review, 2001(7):1-8.
Wang, Yingjie. World Trends of Vocational Education and Challenges and Strategies for the Development of China's Vocational Education. Comparative Education       Review, 2001(3):49-53.
Wang, Yingjie, Gao Yimin. On Higher Education Internationalization. Tsinghua Journal of Education, 2000?2?/?13-21.
Wang, Yingjie. Hundred Years of Development of American Higher Education. Journal of Higher Education, 2000?1?/?31-42.
Wang, Yingjie. Higher Education Should not be Commercialized. China's Higher Education, 1999(21):18-19.
Wang, Yingjie. Higher Education Crises and Reforms throughout the World. China's  Higher Education, 1999(5):8-11.
Wang, Yingjie. Challenges and Responses: A Review of Worldwide Higher Education Development and Reform. Liaoning Education Research, 1999(1): 35-47.
Wang, Yingjie. Mass Higher Education and Privatization of Higher Education. People's Daily, 22/4/1999.
Wang, Yingjie. Readjusting the Relations between Government and Higher Education Institutions. Popular Tribune, 1998(5):6-8.
Wang, Yingjie. On the Ideal University. Comparative Education Review, 1998( s):18-26 .
Wang, Yingjie. Review of the International Trend of Privatization in Higher Education. Comparative Education Review, 1995(s):24-31.
Wang, Yingjie. University President and the Development Direction of the University: the Experiences of MIT. Comparative Education Review, No.6, 1994(3):1-7.
Wang, Yingjie. University President and the Development and Reform of the University: the Experiences of Harvard University. Comparative Education Review, 1993(5):1-10.
Wang, Yingjie. On the definition of Comparative Education. Studies in Foreign Education, 1993(3): 6-9.
Wang, Yingjie. The Historical Experiences of American Community Colleges and their Significance to the Vocational Higher Education in China. Studies in Foreign Education, 1992(1): 18-24.
Wang, Yingjie. On the Historical Experiences of American Teachers’ Education Development. Teacher Education Research, 1990(6): 68-74. 
Wang, Yingjie. The Strategies to Build the Major Research Universities in the United States. Higher Teacher Education Research, 1989(3): 69-74. 
Wang, Yingjie. The Mechanism of American Higher Education: Market Competition and Governmental Intervention. Higher Teacher Education Research, 1989(1): 58-66 . 
Wang, Yingjie. The Education Reform Trends in the United States in 1980s. Higher Teacher Education Research, 1989(4): 65-72.
Wang, Yingjie. On the Service Function of American Colleges and Universities. Foreign Education Trend, 1988(6): 7-13.
Wang, Yingjie. Lessons from Indian Higher Education Reforms. China Higher Education Research, 1986(2): 85-91.  
Wang, Yingjie. A Brief Commentary on American Higher Education Accreditation System. Foreign Education Trend, 1985(5): 20-22.
Wang, Yingjie. The Suggestions to Improve Undergraduate Education in the United States. Foreign Education Trend, 1985(3): 8-13.
Wang, Yingjie. Challenges and Opportunities: How American Higher Education Meets the Challenges of New Technology Revolution. Foreign Education Trend, 1985(1): 5-9.
Wang, Yingjie. The Challenges to American Education. Foreign Education Trend, 1983(4): 1-2.
Wang, Yingjie. The College Entrance Examination and Admission System in U. S. A. Foreign Education Trend, 1983(3): 52-55.