Stalinism, Maoism, and Socialism in Higher Education (Global Histories of Education)

This book is a comparative study of the endeavors to create a socialist system of higher education in the Soviet Union under Stalin and in China under Mao. It is organized around three themes: the convergence of Maoism with Stalinism in the early 1950s, which induced the transnational transplantation of the Soviet model of higher education to China; historical convergence between Stalinism of the First Five-Year Plan period (1928-1932) and Maoism of the Great Leap period (1958-1960), which was prominently manifested in Soviet and Chinese higher education policies in these respective periods; the eventual divergence of Maoism from Stalinism on the definition of socialist society, which was evinced in the different final outcomes of the Maoist and Stalinist endeavors to create a socialist system of higher learning. Lee S. Zhu is Professor of History at Loras College, USA. Contents Abbreviations List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction The Convergence of Maoism with Stalinism in the Early 1950s: The Soviet Model and China’s Initial Endeavor to Create a Socialist System of Higher Education Historical Convergence Between Stalinism and Maoism: Soviet Higher Education During the First Five-Year Plan Period and Chinese Higher Learning in the Great Leap Period Higher Education in the Soviet Union Under High Stalinism and in China Under Late Maoism References Part I: The Convergence of Maoism with Stalinism in the Early 1950s and China’s Initial Endeavor to Create a Socialist System of Higher Education Chapter 2: The Soviet Model and China’s Initial Endeavor to Create a Socialist System of Higher Education The First Step in China’s Adoption of the Soviet Model of Higher Education The Adoption of the Soviet System of Higher Education in Its Entirety Communists, Professors, and China’s Adoption and Adaptation of the Soviet System of One-Person Management China’s Partial Rejection of the Soviet Model of Higher Education Conclusion References Archives Chinese Newspapers and Journals Russian Journals Books in Chinese Books in Russian Books and Articles in English Part II: Historical Convergence Between Stalinism and Maoism: Soviet Higher Education in the First Five-Year Plan Period and Chinese Higher Learning During the Great Leap Forward Chapter 3: Class War Against the Bourgeois Intelligentsia and the Intensified Effort to Create a Proletarian Intelligentsia Class War Against the Bourgeois Intelligentsia and the Transformation of the System of Internal Governance at Soviet Higher Education Institutions Class War Against Bourgeois Professors and the Change in the System of Internal Governance at Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning The Intensified Effort to Create a Proletarian Intelligentsia and Policy for Selection for Higher Education in the Soviet Union The Creation of a Proletarian Intelligentsia and Policy for Selection for Higher Education in China Concluding Comparative Analysis References Archives Russian Newspapers and Journals Chinese Newspapers and Journals Books and Articles in Russian Books in Chinese Books and Articles in English Chapter 4: The Outburst of Utopianism and Reforms in the Process of Education Continuous Production Practice and Soviet Higher Education Combination of Education with Productive Labor and Utopianism in Chinese Higher Learning Radical Reforms in the Curriculum and Methods of Teaching and Learning at Soviet Institutions of Higher Learning Radical Reforms in the Curriculum and the Methods of Teaching and Learning at Chinese Institutions of Higher Education Concluding Comparative Analysis References Archives Russian Newspapers and Journals Chinese Newspapers and Journals Books in Russian Books in Chinese Books and Articles in English Part III: Higher Education in the Soviet Union Under High Stalinism and in China Under Late Maoism Chapter 5: Socialism and Goals of Higher Education in the Soviet Union Under High Stalinism and in China Under Late Maoism The End of the Effort to Create a Proletarian Intelligentsia and Policy for Selection for Higher Education in the Soviet Union Political Education for Students at Soviet Institutions of Higher Learning: A Shift from Nurturing Social Activism to Cultivating Ideological Literacy Policy for Selection for Higher Education in China and the New Maoist Doctrine of Socialism The Experiment with Half-Time Work and Half-Time Study in Chinese Higher Education Concluding Comparative Analysis References Archives Russian Newspapers and Journals Chinese Newspaper and Journal Books in Russian Books in Chinese Books, Articles, and Unpublished Material in English Chapter 6: Transformations in Higher Education Institutions Under High Stalinism and Late Maoism The Status of Professors and the Dichotomy Between the Old and New Intelligentsia at Soviet Institutions of Higher Education Under High Stalinism The Transformation of the Dichotomy Between the Old and New Intelligentsia at Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning Under Late Maoism Changes in Higher Education Management and in the Process of Education at Institutions of Higher Learning in the Soviet Union Under High Stalinism Changes in Higher Education Management and in the Process of Education at Institutions of Higher Learning in China Under Late Maoism Concluding Comparative Analysis References Archives Russian Journals Chinese Newspaper and Journal Books and Articles in Russian Books in Chinese Books and Articles in English Chapter 7: Afterword References Russian Journal Book in Chinese Books and Articles in English Index