Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Warmly Thanks To; Contents; About the Authors; Conceptualizing Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 1 Introduction on Ontological Dimension of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 1.1 What Is Ontology?; 1.1.1 The Origins and Definitions of Ontology; 1.1.2 Categories and Types of Ontology; 1.2 Ontological Dimensions of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 1.2.1 Upper Ontological Dimension: Concept-Oriented Value; 1.2.2 Domain Ontological Dimension: Topic-Oriented Value

1.2.3 Interface Ontological Dimension: Discipline-Oriented Value1.2.4 Process Ontological Dimension: Information-Oriented Value; 1.3 Conclusions and Remarks; References; 2 Introduction on Epistemological Dimension of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 2.1 What Is Epistemology?; 2.1.1 The Origin and Definition of Epistemology; 2.1.2 Content and Concepts of Epistemology; 2.2 Epistemological Dimensions of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 2.2.1 Knowledge-Based Epistemological Dimension; 2.2.2 Justification-Based Epistemological Dimension; References

3 Conceptualizing Ontological-Epistemological Dimension Model of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics3.1 The Rationale of the Ontological-Epistemological Dimension Model; 3.2 Dialectical Relationship of the Ontological-Epistemological Dimension Model; 3.3 The Content of the Ontological-Epistemological Dimension Model; References; Contextualizing Ontological-Epistemological Dimension Model of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristic; 4 Epistemological Dimension Model of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics: Concept, Context, and Practice; 4.1 Introductions and Background

4.2 Government Political Agendas for Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics4.3 Epistemological Dimension Model of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 4.3.1 Chinese Characteristic Higher Education Academic Freedom; 4.3.2 Chinese Characteristic Higher Education Norm; 4.4 Policy Implications on Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics; 4.5 Conclusion and Remarks; References; 5 Domain Ontological Dimension of Implementing Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics: Topic-Oriented Policy Perspective; 5.1 Political Document on Principal Responsibility System

5.2 Political Document on Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics Talent Cultivation5.3 Political Perspective on Internal Management Mechanism; 5.4 Political Perspective on Teaching and Curriculum; 5.5 Political Perspective on Internal Institutional Structure; 5.6 Political Perspective on Modernization of Higher Education; 5.7 The Meanings and Implication for Constructing "Double First-Class" Universities; 5.8 Conclusion and Remarks; References (Article in Chinese); 6 Upper Ontological Dimension of Higher Education with Chinese Characteristics: Concept-Oriented Ideological System