Developmental Research
on Masters Degree Program in China Studies
The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and
American Studies is jointly administered by Nanjing
University and The Johns Hopkins University's School of
Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The Center offers a
one-year graduate-level, residential program in Chinese and
American studies with an interdisciplinary curriculum
covering topics in international relations, economics,
history, law and related social issues. American and
International students focus on contemporary China in
courses taught in Mandarin by Chinese professors, while
Chinese students take courses from American faculty taught
entirely in English. The program enables students from
outside of China to learn from a Chinese perspective, for
example: how Chinese scholars perceive Sino-American
relations and how they view the reform of their economy and
political system. Housing arrangements pair Chinese and
international students as roommates during their year in
Nanjing . The mission of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center is to
develop and train professionals to provide leadership in
managing successful bilateral and multilateral
relationships involving China and the West in an
increasingly complex international environment.
Anticipating the development of a more extensive Masters
Degree program, the Center's planning included conducting
primary research with qualified potential applicants to
gauge overall interest in such a program as well as
preferences for various ways the program might be
structured. Groeneman Research & Consulting was
selected as the prime contractor after a review of
submitted proposals. The research involved designing a
method to compile a sampling frame of eligible respondents,
developing two survey instruments (for a short mail survey
of faculty familiar with the Center and for in-depth
telephone interviews with qualified students), formulating
procedures for the survey data collection and the coding of
verbatim responses, providing a summary report of the
survey findings, and producing detailed data tabulation
tables. The research will help influence decisions about
the new Hopkins-Nanjing Center Masters program.
