...): diversification of universities based on their core functions, allocation of financial resources according to research performance, relaxation of university governing systems and accrediting universities based on research outcomes. Practical implications The study identified essential systemic elements...

... and Yang, 2014), so much so that university governance is almost seen as a term equivalent to institutional self-governance. However, given the historically centralized system, the Chinese discourse on university governance has been dominated by the government–university relationship and its change (see...