The fruits of opportunism : noncompliance and the evolution of China's supplemental education industry / Le Lin.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lin, Le, author.

Series:

• Chicago scholarship online.
• Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Education--China.
• Tutors and tutoring--China.
• Opportunity--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2023]

Summary:

An in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organisational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of China's supplemental education industry. Like many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China's supplemental education industry is now the world's largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, and we can see its influence on the US higher education system: more than 70% of Chinese students studying in American universities have taken test preparation classes for overseas standardised tests. 'The Fruits of Opportunism' offers a much-needed thorough investigation into this industry.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Opportunities for Opportunists: A Theoretical Excursion
• Part I. When Opportunists Produce Changes
• 2 Kill Your Competitors
• 3 Be More Aggressive Than Your Employees
• 4 Not Much English Taught at Our English School
• Part II. How Opportunism Persists amid Changes
• 5 Kidnapping Kids for Their Own Good
• 6 There Are No Professional Managers in China
• 7 Who Cares about Tuition Money
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix: List of All SEOs and Data Source
• Notes
• References
• Index

Notes:

• Previously issued in print: 2022.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 6, 2023).

ISBN:

0-226-82150-1

OCLC:

1341443115