%A XUN Yuan %T Reflections on the Social Role of Contemporary Chinese Universities in the Reform Era %0 Journal Article %D 2012 %J Front. Educ. China %J Frontiers of Education in China %@ 1673-341X %R 10.3868/s110-001-012-0013-2 %P 232-252 %V 7 %N 2 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/fed/EN/10.3868/s110-001-012-0013-2 %8 2012-06-05 %X

In the last three decades, along with rapid economic and social changes in China, dramatic changes have taken place in Chinese higher education, where Chinese universities have been experiencing a variety of systematic reforms. Chinese universities are also facing some new issues yet they have largely neglected the task of establishing their own internal values and taking up their social responsibility.