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Lifang Hu is an associate professor in the School of Education of Renmin University of China.
Her major research interests are university governance and curriculum studies in higher education.
She has published widely in Chinese on higher education.
Shuangye Chen is professor of the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction at East China Normal
University. Her research interests are higher education, educational leadership, and policy, with a
particular interest in theorizing educational practice in the Chinese societies. She has published on
higher education policy and educational leadership internationally. She is one of the founding
members of Society of Higher Education Research (Hong Kong) and has served as the founding
chair (2014–2016).
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