is proud to announce
a Freeman Visiting Fellow Lecture
by
Professor Jinchuan Hou
President and Professor of Mathematics,
Shanxi Normal University, Shanxi, China
Date/time: September 28 (Wednesday) 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Place: Small Hall 113
Title: Changes of Higher Education in China
Speaker:
Jinchuan Hou
2005 W&M
Freeman Visiting FellowPresident and Professor of Mathematics, Shanxi Teachers' University.
(Refreshment in Jones 131, 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
Abstract:
The higher education of China has changed dramatically in the last decade. We will discuss some aspects of the changes such as the movement of merging of higher education institutes, rapid increase of enrollments, reformation of higher education, degree and postgraduate education, and challenges faced by Chinese educators.
Professor Jinchuan Hou obtained his Ph.D degree from Fudan University, Shanghai in 1986. He was among an elite group of earliest Ph.D whose degree were rewarded in mainland China. He has been a Professor of Mathematics in Shanxi Teachers' University since 1986, and he became President of the university since 1995. Professor Hou's research areas include operator theory, operator algebra, problems of invarinat spaces, and also higher education administration. He has published more than 80 research articles, and has obtained numerous awards for his research works.
Professor Hou is a native of Shanxi, China. Shanxi is one of thirty provinces of China, with a population of more than 33 millions, and it locates at central northern China. Shanxi is a mountainous province famous for its coal, vinegar and snacks like hand-made noodles. Shanxi Teachers' University is one of largest universities in Shanxi with more than 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and one of primary goals of teachers' universities is to train teachers for elementary and secondary schools.
This lecture is sponsored by a Freeman Foundation Grant, which supportes Professor Hou to visit William and Mary in Fall 2005 semester. Professor Hou is currently teaching Math 150 (Freshman seminar) with Chi-Kwong Li, Ferguson Professor and Chairman of Department of Mathematics.
The higher education of China has changed dramatically in the last decade. We will discuss some aspects of the changes such as the movement of merging of higher education institutes, rapid increase of enrollments, reformation of higher education, degree and postgraduate education, and challenges faced by Chinese educators.
Professor Jinchuan Hou obtained his Ph.D degree from Fudan University, Shanghai in 1986. He was among an elite group of earliest Ph.D whose degree were rewarded in mainland China. He has been a Professor of Mathematics in Shanxi Teachers' University since 1986, and he became President of the university since 1995. Professor Hou's research areas include operator theory, operator algebra, problems of invarinat spaces, and also higher education administration. He has published more than 80 research articles, and has obtained numerous awards for his research works.
Professor Hou is a native of Shanxi, China. Shanxi is one of thirty provinces of China, with a population of more than 33 millions, and it locates at central northern China. Shanxi is a mountainous province famous for its coal, vinegar and snacks like hand-made noodles. Shanxi Teachers' University is one of largest universities in Shanxi with more than 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and one of primary goals of teachers' universities is to train teachers for elementary and secondary schools.
This lecture is sponsored by a Freeman Foundation Grant, which supportes Professor Hou to visit William and Mary in Fall 2005 semester. Professor Hou is currently teaching Math 150 (Freshman seminar) with Chi-Kwong Li, Ferguson Professor and Chairman of Department of Mathematics.