Academic Background
Ph.D., Education Xiamen University 2005
M.A. Education Xiamen University 1993
B.A. Library Science Beijing Normal University 1987
Specialization
Higher Education, EU Higher Policy, Women and Gender Studies, women and environment
Current Academic Status and Activities at the Xiamen University
Associate Professor,
Associate Director, Educational Theory Department of the Institute of Education
Member of Chinese Women’s Research Society
Council Member of Fujian Women’s Research Society
Academic Committee Member of Base/Platform for Women/Gender Research and Training in Xiamen University
Other academic activities
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Multicultural and Gender Studies Center, 2002. Amsterdam University, NL.
Visiting Scholar, The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, 2003. Kansai, JP.
Gender Representative, CBCM(Community-Based Conservation Management) Project in Xiamen, a Co-operation Program by China, Vietnam and Canada, Sponsored by CIDA. 1998-2003.
Visiting Scholar, Saint Mary’s University, CA, 2000.
Some Research Projects
Strategic Vision of Higher Education Integration of Fujian and Taiwan. Funded by Social Science Research Structural Programme. 2009-2010.
Investigation on the Requirements for Education of the Floating Women in Fujian Province. Funded by Fujian Women’s Research Society. 2008-2009.
Study on the University Teacher’s Job Satisfactory. Funded by Women/ Gender Research Center of Xiamen University. 2007-2008.
Study on the UK -- SQA HND Held in China. Funded by the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange of MOE, P.R.of China.
The Innovation of Higher Education System and Women’s Development. Fund by the National Project “985”.
Selected International Conference (aboard)
US-China Symposium on Higher Education. University of Toledo, Toledo, US. 2009.
The 5th International Conference on Universities’ Quality Development: Changing University Culture. Vilnius, Kaunas, Lithuania. 2007.
Fourth European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education. Oxford Brookes University. Oxford. UK. 2005.
Women’s Studies and Asia Connection, University of British Columbia, CA, 2000.
Selected Publications
Papers
Yezhu Zhao & Li You (2009). The New Dynamics and New Ideas of Higher Education: An Interpretation on Communiqué of 2009 World Conference on Higher Education. 2009. China Higher Education.21, 20-22. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao & Sengbing Li (2009). Education Policies and Measures Responding to the Financial Crisis of EU. Comparative Education Review. 9, 39-42. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao (2009). The Achievement of Women’s Education in China since Reform and Opening-up: A Global Perspective. Collection of Women’s Studies. S,81-86. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao & Wei Zheng (2009). On the Reality and Feasibility of the Complementarities of Higher Education Resources between Fujian and Taiwan. Education and Examinations. 4, 55-60. (in Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao & Shijun Hu (2008). The Impact of Bologna on Students’ Mobility. Education and Examinations.6,68-71. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao (2008). Bologna Process: Its Policy Goals and Basic Characteristics. Modern University Education.1, 58-62. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao (2008). Social Dimension: Action Line in Building the European Higher Education Area.2008, Jiangsu Higher Education. 1,139-142. (In Chinese)
Yezhu Zhao & Chunhui Fu (2008). New Trends of EU Policies and Measures to Promote Women in Science and Technology. Collection of Women’s Studies. 1, 67-71. (In Chinese).
Yezhu Zhao (2007). An Analysis on the Status of Female Faculty in Chinese Higher Education. Frontiers of Education in China. 2(3), 415-429. see also: http://www.springerlink.com/content
Yezhu Zhao (2007). Women's Studies in China: Its Evolvement and Effect on University Culture. Social Science. 4 (58), 64-69.
Yezhu Zhao (2005). Female Access to Higher Education in China since the 1990s: Process, Problem and Prospect. Higher Education Forum（Japan），March 2, 131-139.
Yezhu Zhao (2004). An Empirical Study of Contextual Factors on Chinese Female Access to Higher Education. Inheritance and Reform. Xiamen University Press， 2004.8.
Yezhu Zhao (2003). The Construction of the European Higher Education Area: It’s Background, Process and Significance. Comparison Education Study. 7, 9-13. (In Chinese).
Yezhu Zhao (2003). The Milestone of European Higher Education Development: A Commentary on the Background of Sorbonne Declaration’s Coming out and its Inspiration. Foreign Education Studies, 1, 43-45. (In Chinese).
Yezhu Zhao (2002). The Comparison Study on Women's Access in the Enlargement of Higher Education. Modern University Education.1, 105-108.
Yezhu Zhao (2001). Higher Education Quality: Why it is be Concerned in the Turning of the Century, 2001, Research on Higher Education Sponsored by CSUT.Vol.2, 2.
Yezhu Zhao (2001). The Philosophy Thinking on the Basic Theories in the Process of Higher Education Enlargement. Higher Education in JianSu. 6, 21-23.
Books
Yezhu Zhao (2007). A Comparative Study on Women’ Higher Education in the US, Japan and China. Xiamen: Xiamen University Press.
Yezhu Zhao (2008). A Comparison of Women’s education in Chinese Mainland and Some Other Countries. In Wenxiu Mo (Eds.), LUE Book of Women’s Education (pp257-282). Beijing: Social Science Academic Press.
Yezhu Zhao (2006). Women and Education. In Wenzhen Ye (Eds.), Introduction of Women Studies (pp159-200). Xiamen: Xiamen University Press.
Yezhu Zhao, Women’s Education in Higher Education Institute. In Yu Wei (Eds.), Women’s Education Education in China. Beijng: Higher Education Press,1995.
