A Comparative Analysis of Academic Transfer of Sino-US Vocational Education

Abstract

Beginning with the functions of academic transfer in American vocational education, this paper reviews concerned researches both in America and China. Taking Austin Community College and Shanghai Technician School as examples, this paper analyzes how U.S. academic transfer differs from Chinese academic transfer. The finding is that China’s academic transfer is relatively less flexible in the transfer pattern, the university to transfer, the time and the specialty suitable for transfer. Finally, some suggestions are put forward to build a pathway allowing flexible movement between vocational and academic education.