With the theme of “Comparative Education: Historical Roots, New Beginnings”, the CESHK Annual Conference 2024 was held at the University of Hong Kong. The conference attracted more than 100 scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and other regions to discuss the changes and development of basic education, lifelong education and higher education. Three PhD candidates from the School of Education participated in this conference.
ZHANG Yanzhi made a presentation titles “The Policy Orientation of Digital Transformation of ‘Double First-class’ Universities” in the third parallel forum. Digital transformation policies at universities accelerate modernization and high-quality development in higher education. This study employs content analysis, using the ‘policy tools-policy elements’ framework, to analyze digital transformation policies in the 14th Five-Year Plan of China’s 31 “Double First-Class” universities. The analysis reveals a trend toward supply-oriented, environment-oriented, and demand-oriented policy tools, with a focus on university governance.
