Science Communication in Context of China: Reducing the Regional Imbalance
Science communication is influenced by various factors of social context, such as politics, economy, culture and history, and these factors have different impact on science communication in different time and space domain. China is a country with appreciable regional diversity, where exist huge gap in economic, social, educational and science and technology development. The imbalance in development makes social context of science communication a prominent feature in the country. In China, the demand of citizens on science communication presents diversified and complex features, which were intensified by the leapfrog development of science communication pattern. Based upon above considerations, China is taking public science communication strategy in a localized way by government and the society as well. This paper discusses the functions which science communication played in reducing the regional imbalance in China.
The Connotation and Goal of Science Popularisation in Modern China
The conceptual framework and practice of science popularisation in modern China are developing constantly. At present, science popularisation is usually considered to denote activities that disseminate science knowledge to the public, popularize scientific thoughts, carry forward scientific spirits, advocate scientific methods, constantly improve public-scientific literacy and communicate with the public for their all-roundevelopment in a way easy for them to understand, accept and get involved into the activity. Scientific methods, scientific thoughts, scientific spirits and relationships between science and society constitute the main ingredients of science popularisation. The main objective of science popularisation is to improve public-scientific literacy, promote communication between science and society as well as spread scientific culture.
Marketing the mpa degree: Access and program structure as determinants of successful enrollments
During the months of October through December of 1982, a national comparative evaluation of 186 MPA programs was undertaken to determine which variables are associated with enrollment strength across these programs. Two sets of variables, one corresponding to the structural characteristics of the program, the other corresponding to measures of access for these programs, were statistically analyzed. The findings are as follows: (1) the highest enrollments are determined by access to a market population and whether or not the program was located in a school of public administration; (2) there is a fundamental difference between programs oriented towards full-time students and those oriented towards part-time students; (3) full-time oriented program enrollments are dependent on structured characteristics of a program while part-time oriented programs are sensitive to access variables and not program characteristics and; (4) larger enrollments are associated with organizational autonomy with the lowest enroll...