Executive President, the Chinese Society for Education Development Strategies
Director and Professor
Institute of Economics of Education
Email：wfmin@pku.edu.cn
Office Phone Number：+86-10-62751402
Research Area:
Economics of Education、Educational Administration and Policy Analysis、International Comparative Education
Education Background:
Postdoctoral, University of Texas, Austin, 1988.
Ph.D. in Economics of Education，Stanford University, June 1987
M.A. in Organizational Sociology, Stanford University, Dec.1985
M.A. Educational Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University, June 1984
B.A. School Education, Beijing Normal University, January 1982.
Experiences：
Aug 2011—Present Director and Professor, Institute of Economics of Education,
Concurrently, Director of Institute of Higher Education,Peking University, China
Executive President, Chinese Society for Education Development Strategies.
Mar 2002—Aug 2011 Chairman of Peking University Council,
Jul.1996—Mar.2002 Executive Vice President, Peking University，China，
Apr.1995--Dec.1996 Vice President, Peking University, Beijing, China，
Mar.1994--Apr.1995 Assistant President, Peking University, China
Oct.1992—May 1994 Director & Professor, Institute of Higher Education, Peking University, Beijing, China
Sep.1992 – Mar. 2000 Concurrently, Chairman of Expert Panel, World Bank Education Development Project in Poor Provinces of China.
Aug.1991--Oct.1992 Higher Education Specialist, The WORLD BANK Headquarter, Washington, D.C. , U. S. A.
Spt.1988--Aug.1991 Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Institute of Higher Education, Peking University
Jun.1987--Spt.1988 Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Administrative Assistant at Office of the Chancellor, University of Texas System, Austin, Texas 78701, U. S. A.
Selected Publications：
Books，Monographs and Chapters in Books:
THE POWER OF ACADEMIA: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND POLICY MAKING, with Wen, D, et al. October.2010, Peking University Press, Beijing, China.
EDUCATIONAL INPUT, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, AND RETURNS TO
HUMAN CAPITAL, with Ding, X. et al. September 2009, Economic Science Press, Beijing, China.
“Higher Education Financing in East Asia” in HIGHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, published by THE WORLD BANK, 2008 Washington D.C. USA.
CHINA EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2006, with Wang, R., June 2006, Peking University Press, Beijing, China.
EXPLORING EDUCATION REFORM: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION POLICIES, Edited with Ding, X. and Li, W. Septeber 2005, Educational Science Press, Beijing, China.
“Chinese Higher Education: The Legacy of the Past and the Context of the Future”, in ASIAN UNIVERSITIES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND COMTEMPORARY CHANLLENGES, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
PROVIDING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION, 2003, (edited with Yang Zhoufu and Li Wenli), People’s Education Press, Beijing, China.
“American Higher Education” in AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 2003, edited by Yuan Ming, Peking University Press, Beijing, China.
RESEARCH ON THE HIHGER EDUCATION OPERATION MECHANISM IN MARKET ECONOMY, June 2002, published by People’s Education Press, Beijing China.
“Research on Cost-Recovery in Chinese Higher Education” (in Chinese language) with Chen Xiaoyu, in THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION POLICY, published by People’s Education Press, August 2000, Beijing, China.
“Analysis of Cost Recovery in Chinese Higher Education” with Chen Xiaoyu, August 2000, in ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION POLICY, People’s Education Press, Beijing, China.
“The Appropriate Scale of Chinese Higher Education”, 2000, in ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION POLICY, edited by Mun C. Tsang, et al, People’s Education Press, Beijing, China.
INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, with Wei Xin et al (a translation from English edition by Martin Carnoy into Chinese), February 2000, China Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS THROUGH INTER-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION, 1999, lIEP, UNESCO, Paris.
“Challenges and Strategies for Chinese Universities in the Transition from Planned Economy to Socialist Market Economy”, In HIGHER EDUCATION IN TRANSITON ECONOMIES IN ASIA, Published by UNESCO Bangkok Office, 1998.
"Chinese Higher Education" in ASIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK AND REFERENCE GUIDE, 1997, Published by Greenwood Press, Westport, CT 06881, U.S.A.
“The Information Economy of 21st Century and the Role of University” in CHINESE EDUCATORS’ PROSPECT FOR 21ST CENTURY, Shanxi Education Press, 1997, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF EDUCATION INVESTMENT, with Li Yining, 1995, Guizhou People's Press, Guiyang, China.
"Higher Education Institutions and Community Development in China" in SOCIAL CHANGE AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, 1995, Center of Asian Studies, the University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG.
"Vocational Education and Productivity", in THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EDUCATION, 2nd Edition, 1995, Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlinton OX5 1GB, England, UK.
IMPROVING MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A Case Study of Institutional Merger in China, October 1994, Published by the IIEP, UNESCO, Paris.
“Autonomy and Accountability: An Analysis of the Changing Relationship between the Government and Universities” in GOVERNMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATOIN RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS: THE WINDS OF CHANGE, Pergamon Press @ 1994 IAU Elsevier Science Ltd. Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW England.
"Modality of Higher Education Expansion and Its Impact on Institutional Efficiency" in DECISION ANALYSIS IN EDUCATION INVESTMENT, 1993, Peking University Press, Beijing, China.
"Type and Quality Factors of Institutions Effecting the Economies of Scale in Chinese Higher Education" with Ding Xiaohao, in EDUCATION FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS, 1993, Published by Tianjin University Press, China.
"Reform in Chinese Higher Education Finance" in A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM IN NORTHEAST ASIA, 1994, University of Hiroshima, Japan.
"Efficiency Issues in Higher Education Development" in THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGIES FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA, published by the State Education Commission of China, 1991, Beijing, China.
“Information Age and University” in MY EDUCATION OUTLOOK FOR 21ST CENTURY (VOLUME OF HIGHER EDUCATION), 1990, Guangdong Education Press, China.
"Human Capital Theory and Political Economy of Education" in MODERN OUTLOOK ON EDUCATION, 1990, Jiangxi Education Press, Nanchang City, China.
"The Correspondence of Education and Work in Capitalist Society" in MODERN OUTLOOK ON EDUCATION, 1990, Jiangxi Education Press, Nanchang City, China.
Journal Articles:
“The Role of Education in Transformation of Economic Growth Model” in PEKING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REVIEW, Vol.11, No.2 2013, pp-1726, Beijing, CHINA
“Enhance Entrepreneurship Education by Multiple Strategies” in the Journal of EUCATION AND VOCATION, November 2013，No.31, Beijing, CHINA.
“Retrospect and Prospect of China-Japan University Exchanges” in the Journal of MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION published by the Institute for Development of Higher Education, April 2013, No.4 in Tokyo, JAPAN.
“The Major Challenges for Research in Economics of Education in China” in the Journal of EDUCATION AND ECONOMY, 2013 no. 1, Wuhan, CHINA
“Employment of Higher Education Graduates in the Background of Dual Reconstruction of Industry and Human Resource Structure, in PEKING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REVIEW, Vol.10, No.1, January 2012, Beijing, China.
“Reform at Peking University” in INTERNATIONAL BRIEF FOR HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS by American Council on Education, USA, January 2012.
“Establishing a Rational Intergenerational Mobility Mechanism through Education”, with Guo, C. in the Journal of EDUCATION RESEARCH, 2009, No. 10, Beijing, China.
“Distribution of Higher Education Institutions and Regional Mobility of Students” with Ma, L. and Yue，C. in the journal of RESEARCH ON EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, No.23, December 2009, Shanghai, China.
“Construction of World Class University in the Chinese Institutional Context of Economic Reform and Opening up to the Outside World.” In the journal of HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHINA, No.12, 2008, Beijing, China.
“Education and Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China” with Guo, C. in FRONTTIERS OF EDUCATION IN CHINA, Vol.3, No.3, 2008, by Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
“Research on Education Production Function in West China”, with Xue, H. in the journal EDUCATION AND ECONOMY, No.2 of 2008, Wuhan, China.
“New Trends of Expending Higher Education in China” in RESEARCH ON HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING, No.4, 2007, Published by Center of Financial Management of National Universities，Tokyo, Japan.
“China’s Economic Transition and Higher Education Reform” in the Journal of CHINA UNIVERISTY TEACHING, October, 2005, Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
“Advanced Requirements and World Class University Construction”, in PEOPLES DAILY，July 6，2005，Beijing, China.
“Keep the Advanced Status of Communist Party Member, Strengthen the Capacity of the Party in Power”, JOURNAL OF PEKING UNIVERSITY (PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES) Vol.42, No.4, July 2005, Beijing, China.
“Humanities and Social Sciences: Integral Component of World Class University”, in PEOPLES DAILY, May 12, 2004, Beijing, China
“Develop Peking University’s Traditional Advantages, Strengthen the Educational Programs for Students” (in Chinese language), in the Journal of PURSUING THE TRUTH, Vol. 396, December 2004, Beijing, China.
“Higher Education Institutions and Life-long Education”, in the Journal of CHINA UNIVERSITY TEACHING, No. 162, February 2004, Beijing, China.
“The Special Features of Revenue and Expenditure of American Research University” (in Chinese language) with Li Yong, in the journal of CHINA HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, March 2004, Vol. 126, No. 3, Beijing, China.
“Organizational Differentiation and Integration of University Organizations” with Jin Dingbing, in the JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol.25 No.1, pp32-38, January 2004, Wuhan, China.
“On the Characteristics of Research-Intensive University” (in Chinese language) with Li Yong, in the Journal of EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, General No. 288, January 2004, Beijing, China.
“On Some Issues of Construction of World-Class Universities” in PEKING UNIVERSITY EDUCATON REVIEW, Vol.3, No.3, pp26-31, September 2003, Beijing, China.
“The Spirit of the Sixteenth Congress and the Training of Creative People” December 2002, in the Journal of CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION, Beijing, China.
“World Class University, Knowledge Economy and the ‘Three Represents’”, August 2002, in the Journal of CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION, Beijing, China.
“Implementing the Spirit of the 16th Congress, Cultivate Creative People”, in the Journal of MARXIST AND REALITY, Vol.61, No.6, December 2002, Beijing, China.
“On the Localization of the Cost-Recovery in Higher Education” (in Chinese language) with Deng Ya, in the Peking University Journal of HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM, Vol 47, No.4, December 2001, Beijing, China.
“Establish An Open Teacher Education System”, in CHINA EDUCATION DAILY, September 8, 2001, Beijing, China.
“University-Industry Cooperation for Enhancing Competitiveness in IT Industry” in Nihon Keizai Shimbun (NIKKEI) July 3, 2001, Tokyo, Japan.
“The Operation Mechanism of Higher Education in A Socialist Market Economy” in JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol.22 No.4, pp28-34, 2001, Wuhan, China.
“Analysis on the Current Enrollment Situation and Potential for Higher Education Expansion in China”, with Li Wenli, April 2001, in the Journal of HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol.22, No.2, Wuhan, China.
“Current Trends in Higher Education Development in China” in INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION, January 2001, edited by Philip Altbach, Center for International Higher Education, Boston, College, MA, USA.
“Analysis on Current Higher Education Reform”, December 2000, in JOURNAL OF WESTERN RETURNED SCHOLARS ASSOCIATION, Vol. 31, Beijing, China.
“The Structural Efficiency of Resource Allocation in Chinese Higher Education Institutions” (in Chinese language) with Yan Fengqiao, in HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM, No. 4, 1999.
“The Impact of Cost-Recovery on the Equitable Distribution of Higher Education Opportunities” with Chen Xiaoyu, in EDUCATION AND ECONOMY, 1999, Vol. 3. Wuhan, China.
“The Analysis of Some Issues Related to Irrational Allocation of Resources in Higher Education” (in Chinese language) with Yan Fengqiao, in EDUCATION AND ECONOMY, 1999, Vol. 2. Wuhan, China.
“Review and Prospect of Research on Economics of Education in China” with Ding Xiaohao, in Higher Education Research, Vol. 3, 1999, China.
“The Development of Labor Market and Expected Return to Higher Education” with Chen Xiaoyu, in the Journal of EDUCATIONAL REARCH, January 1999, Beijing, China.
“Research on Rate of Private Return in Chinese Higher Education”, With Chen Xiaoyu, in the Journal of HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol. 6, December 1999, Wuhan, China.
“The Development of Knowledge-Based Economy and the Mission of University”, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol. 19-9, September, 1998, Beijing, China.
“How Do Universities Fulfill their New Mission in the High-Tech Era”, in PEOPLE’S DAILY, May 22, 1998, Beijing, China.
"Cost-Recovery in Higher Education and Social Equity", JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC DECISION-MAKING, October 1997, Beijing, China.
"The Theory of Economies of Scale and the Adjustment of Higher Education Structure in China", with Ding Xiaohao, HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol, 2, 1997, Wuhan, China.
"On Deng Xiaoping's Thoughts on Education", in Peking University Weekly February 1997, Beijing, China.
“The Economies of Scale and the Practice of Higher Education Reform” with Ding Xiaohao, in the Peking University Journal of HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM, January 1997, Beijing, China.
"An Analysis of the Current Situation and Development Trends of American Higher Education", in the Journal of STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, Vol. 1 of 1996, Beijing, China, also in the NEW CHINA DIGEST (XIN-HUA-WEN-ZHAI), Vol. 5 of 1996, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"The Role of University in the Information Economy of the 21st Century" in the Journal of EDUCATION AND ECONOMY Vol. 3 of 1995, Wuhan, China, also in the NEW CHINA DIGEST (XIN-HUA-WEN-ZHAI), vol. 1 of 1996, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"International Trends of Higher Education Development and the Current Higher Education Reform in China" in the Journal of BEIJING HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 6, 1995, Beijing, China.
"Implementing Cost-Recovery Policy in Higher Education Based on Chinese Institutional Context" in CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 11, 1995, Beijing, China.
"The Economies of Scale of Academic Departments and Programs in Chinese Higher Education", with Ding Xiaohao, in the Journal of EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol. 7, 1995, Beijing, China.
"University Education in the High-Tech Era" in the journal of LEARNING, Vol. 6, 1995, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"Modern Science and Technology and the Chinese Cultural Tradition" in the journal of LEARNING, Vol. 5, 1995, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"The Financial Needs of Chinese Higher Education and Reform in the Financing System", with Chen Xiaoyu, in the Journal of EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, Vol. 12, 1994, Beijing, China.
“Establish a Highly Effective Investment System for Higher Education”, CHINA EDUCATION DAILY, July 29, 1994, (interviewed by Zhang Huaizhi), Beijing, China.
"Analysis on Resource Allocation in Chinese Education" with Wei Xin, in FORUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 1993, pp.33-43, Peking university, Beijing, China.
"Five Major Points for Higher Education Reform in China" in the journal of LEARNING, Vol. 6-7, 1993, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"Economies of Scale in Chinese Higher Education: An Analysis with Quality Considerations" with Ding Xiaohao, in EDUCATION AND ECONOMY, Vol. 31, March 1993, Printed in Wuhan, China.
"Expansion, Efficiency, and Economies of Scale of Higher Education in China" with Mun Tsang, in HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY, Vol.5, No.2, 1992, Journal of International Association of Universities, Published by Kogan Page, Printed in the U.K..
"Higher Education Finance in China: Current Constraints and Strategies for 1990s" in HIGHER EDUCATION, 21:151-161, 1991, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Printed in the Netherlands.
"The Economic Effects of Vocational Technical Education" in the journal of EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, October, 1991, Beijing, China, also in NEW CHINA DIGEST (XIN-HUA-WEN-ZHAI), vol. 1, 1992, the People's Press, Beijing, China.
"On Different Strategies in Higher Education Expansion" in FORUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 3, 1990, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.
"Modes of Expansion and Institutional Efficiency in Higher Education" in the journal of EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, October 1990, Beijing, China, also in NEW CHINA DIGEST (XIN-HUA-WEN-ZHAI), vol, 1, 1991, the People's Press, Beijing China.
"Vocational Education and Productivity: A Case Study of Beijing General Auto Industry" with Mun Tsang, in ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW, Vol.9, No. 4, pp.351-364, 1990, Published and Printed in Great Britain.
"The Distinguishing Characteristics of Higher Education Administration in the United States of America", in FORUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 2, 1988, Peking University, Beijing, CHINA.
