MING LI
Email: marklee2018@bfsu.edu.cn
Dr. Ming Li is the lecturer and Master’s supervisor of the Graduate School of Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University. His research areas mainly focus on higher engineering education, higher educational management, quality assurance and evaluation in higher education. He ever participated in China Economic Transformation and Institutional Capacity Building Project (TCC6), Asian Development Bank Project, Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Project, Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Engineering’s High-level Think Tank. In addition, he ever led China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant Project, and now is leading Basic Research Funds for Central Universities, National Social Science Fund Project, Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project, Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project. He has released multiple academic papers in Chinese core journals such as China Higher Education, Journal of National Academy of Education Administration, Tsinghua Journal of Education, and Research in Higher Education of Engineering. He ever participated in the writing of multiple works, textbooks, and yearbooks, and published two monographs. From March 2013 to June 2013, he visited the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University as a visiting scholar. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Education, Tsinghua University from 2016 to 2018. Excepting for the normal work at the Graduate School of Education, he is also serving as adjunct researcher at the Beijing Cultural Exchange Research Center, National Research Institute for Foreign Language Teaching Materials, BFSU.
Education
Ph.D., Education Economics & Management (2016), Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
M.A., Education (2010), Shandong Normal University
B.A., English (2007), Qingdao Agricultural University
Research Fields
higher education administration, comparative higher education, higher engineering education
Teaching
Ideal of Higher Education: Education and Philosophy (undergraduate)
Philosophy of Higher Education (postgraduate)
Organization and Administration in Higher Education (postgraduate)
Introduction to Global Education Governance (postgraduate)
Research on Comparative Higher Education (postgraduate)
Frontiers of Educational Research and Selected Readings of Classic Works (doctoral student)
Special Topics in Comparative Education Research (doctoral student)
Introduction to Higher Education Research (doctoral student)
Study of Important Remarks on Education by XI Jinping (postgraduate)
Representative Works
Ming L. (2011). Integrating strategies to effectively improve the quality assurance system of universities. China Higher Education, (11), 40-42.
(李明：整合策略 切实改进高校质量保障体系，《中国高等教育》)
Ming L. (2015). Reforms of engineering education in foreign universities: from the perspective of program accreditation. Journal of National Academy of Education Administration, (8), 83-89.
（李明：专业认证视域下的国外高校工程教育改革及反思，《国家教育行政学院学报》
Ming L. (2015). Strategies of higher education program accreditation: from the perspective of colleges and universities. Journal of National Academy of Education Administration, (12), 51-56.
(李明：基于院校视角的高等教育专业认证策略研究，《国家教育行政学院学报》)
Ming L. (2017). Review of world-class university study since the reform and opening-up policy. Journal of National Academy of Education Administration, (7), 34-38.
(李明：改革开放以来我国世界一流大学研究评述，《国家教育行政学院学报》)
Ming L. (2017). Preliminary research on faculty development and retention mechanism within first-class universities: case study of 10 world-class universities in Britain and the United States. Tsinghua Journal of Education, 38(6), 59-66. DOI:10.14138/j.1001-4519.2017.06.005908.
(李明：英美两国一流大学教师资源的开发与留任机制探微——基于英美10所世界一流大学的案例分析，《清华大学教育研究》)
Ming L. (2021). On quality assurance in engineering education within HEIs of the United States: history, logic and strategy. Research in Higher Education of Engineering, (5), 173-179.
(李明：美国高校工程教育质量保障探究：历史、逻辑与方略，《高等工程教育研究》)
Ming L. (2022). On practical logics, rational reflections and trend analysis of quality assurance in American HEI engineering education. Research in Higher Education of Engineering, (3), 190-194.
(李明：美国高校工程教育质量保障的实践逻辑、理性审思与趋势研判，《高等工程教育研究》)
Ming L. (2020). Achievements, issues and recommendations of quality assurance in engineering education within colleges and universities in mainland China under the background of program accreditation. Proceedings of 2020 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Ming L. (2021). Research on internal quality assurance mechanisms of higher engineering education fundamental connotation, theoretical investigation and model construction. Proceedings of 2021 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Ming L. (2023). Research on the governance of higher engineering education quality in China after accessing the Washington Accord. Proceedings of 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Ming L. (2021). Research on the quality assurance mechanisms of engineering education in the United States’ colleges and universities. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
(李明：《美国高校工程教育质量保障机制研究》（2021），外语教学与研究出版社)
Ming L, etc. (2022). República de Cuba Cultura y Educación. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
(李明 等：《古巴文化教育研究》（2022），外语教学与研究出版社)
Ming L. etc. (2023). In Dinghua W. etc. (Eds.), Global education governance strategy (pp. 53-136). Educational Science Publishing House.
（《全球教育治理方略》（2023），教育科学出版社）
Research Grants
“Harmonization and Networking in Higher Education Building a Common Credit Transfer System for GMS and beyond”, project funded by Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, 2011-2012;
“Construction and Empirical Research of Graduate Education Quality Monitoring Model Based on Big Data Analysis”, project funded by the National Education Sciences Planning (Key Project), National Office for Education Sciences Planning, 2016-2022;
“Research on the Effectiveness and Continuous Improvement Mechanisms of Engineering Education Program Accreditation”, project funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant (Second-class General Financial Grant), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016-2018;
“Research on Evaluation System and Promotion Strategy for the Construction of World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines” (subproject: International Comparative Research on the Construction of World-class Universities and First-class Disciplines), project funded by the Philosophy and Social Sciences Research (Major Project), Department of Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, 2016-2020;
“Research on the Development Strategy of General Education for Engineering and Technology Talents in China”, Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2018;
“Research on Developing First-class Undergraduate Education and Cultivating Outstanding Talents”, Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Engineering’s High-level Think Tank, Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2018;
“Research on Major Objectives and Policy Suggestions for Revitalizing Teacher Education in China during the 13th Five Year Plan Period” (subproject: Research on Teacher Education System Reform in European and American Countries), project funded by the China Economic Transformation and Institutional Capacity Building Project (TCC6), World Bank, 2018-2019;
“Research on the Construction Practice of World-class Education Disciplines Based on Multiple Cases Comparisons”, Basic Research Funds for Central Universities, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2019-2021;
“Research on the Diffusion and Promotion Mechanisms of Policy Innovation in the Construction of World-class Universities”, Basic Research Funds for Central Universities, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 2020-2022;
“Research on Enhancing China’s Ability and Strategies to Participate in Global Education Governance in the New Era” (subproject: Comparative Research on China’s Participation in Global Education Governance with European and American Countries), project funded by the Philosophy and Social Sciences Research (Major Project), Department of Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, 2020-2023;
“Research on Talent Cultivation for Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange”, project funded by the Beijing Cultural Exchange Research Center（General Project）, Beijing Cultural Exchange Research Center, since 2020;
“Research on the International Communicative Capacities of Chinese Engineering and Scientific Talents under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative”, Basic Research Funds for Central Universities, Beijing Foreign Studies University, since 2021;
“Research on the Practice of People-to-People Exchange in Engineering, Science and Technology Fiels in the Countries along the ‘Belt and Road’”, Basic Research Funds for Central Universities, Beijing Foreign Studies University, since 2024;
“Research on the Connotation, Characteristics, and Construction Path of a Powerful Country in Education” (subproject: Research on Empowering High-quality Development of Basic Education with Science, Technology, and Engineering Education”, project funded by the Philosophy and Social Sciences Research (Major Project), Department of Social Sciences, Ministry of Education, since 2024;
“International Comparative Study on General Education Models in Foreign Language Colleges and Universities”, Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project (Teaching Reform Research Project), Beijing Foreign Studies University, since 2024;
“Research on the Generation Mechanisms, Creation Models, and Sustainable Development of World-class Universities”, project funded by the National Social Science Fund（General Project）, the National Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, since 2024;
“Research on Improving the Quality and Efficiency of the ‘Higher Education Organization and Management’ from the Perspective of Collaborative Innovation”, Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project (Key Project), Beijing Foreign Studies University, since 2025.
Academic Affiliations
Adjunct Researcher, Beijing Cultural Exchange Research Center, since 2020;
Adjunct Researcher, National Research Institute for Foreign Language Teaching Materials, BFSU, since 2023.
