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Chineseness in Southeast Asian Higher Education
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Li, Ying; Wan, Chang Da – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2023
This article examines the current narrative of Chineseness in the context of higher education in Southeast Asia. We hypothesise that the concept of Chineseness at the macro-level has shifted beyond historical, ethnic, and cultural to include geopolitical, socio-political and economic considerations. At the meso level, we focus on unpacking…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Foreign Students
The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
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Kapur, Devesh, Ed.; Kong, Lily, Ed.; Lo, Florence, Ed.; Malone, David M., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2023
Since the turn of the millennium it has become clear that the Asia-Pacific Region is, economically, the fastest growing continent in the world, and is likely to remain so for some time despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific's share of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled from 15 per cent to 30 per cent between 1970…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
The Effects of Short-Term Study Abroad on L2 Anxiety, International Posture, and L2 Willingness to Communicate
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Lee, Jang Ho – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
The present study was designed to examine the effects of short-term study abroad (SA) on learners' L2 anxiety, international posture, and L2 willingness to communicate (WTC). To this end, the SA experience of 69 L2 learners in four different SA programmes was investigated. The data were obtained from participant questionnaires, which were…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Outcomes of Education, Second Language Learning, Anxiety
Comparing Local and International Chinese Students' English Language Learning Strategies
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Anthony, Margreat Aloysious; Ganesen, Sree Nithya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2012
According to Horwitz (1987) learners' belief about language learning are influenced by previous language learning experiences as well as cultural background. This study examined the English Language Learning Strategies between local and international Chinese students who share the same cultural background but have been exposed to different…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Foreign Students, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries
Private Universities and Public Funding: Models and Business Plans. Policy Commentary
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King, Roger – Universities UK, 2008
The growth of private higher education has come as a surprise to most governments, which have tried to catch up in their regulatory and funding policymaking. In China, Malaysia and South Africa they have given legal recognition to previously disallowed private higher education and this has helped to fuel its subsequent growth. Some governments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Models
Higher Education Expansion in Asia. Reports from the 1985 International Seminar on Asian Higher Education (Hiroshima, Japan, January 28-31, 1985).
Hiroshima Univ. (Japan). Research Inst. for Higher Education. – 1985
Expansion of the past 10 years in Asian higher education and associated problems, as well as the role of colleges and universities in national development, are discussed in 11 papers from a 1985 International Seminar. Paper titles and authors include: "Prospects and Problems in Asian Higher Education: Introductory Presentation by the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Degrees (Academic), Developing Nations