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Direct linkTsui, Amy Bik May, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
The spread of English is so much an integral part of globalization that it has become an essential global literacy skill. In Asia, this poses immense challenges to governments and English language teaching and teacher education professions as they attempt to meet this demand from students for a high level of English proficiency. This volume…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Barriers
National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC. – 1989
Divided into seven sections, the presentations contained in these proceedings give an international perspective on the growth of democracy in the world, and the many obstacles that might inhibit it. The first section, on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union contains papers from four East Block scholars who discuss the rise of democracy in communist…
Descriptors: Communism, Democracy, Democratic Values, Developing Nations
PDF pending restorationCleveland, Harlan – 1975
A 1974 conference of the Institute of International Education held in Hong Kong prompted this essay on the dilemmas of university freedom and political control. The relationship of higher education and national development in Asia is discussed with attention focused on the issue of university autonomy and on the problem of equality of access to…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Developing Nations, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Blumenthal, Peggy, Ed.; And Others – 1996
This volume contains papers on regional and global trends that affect the political factors which are changing the context within which academic mobility occurs: (1) "Introduction" (by Peggy Blumenthal and others); (2) "Political Dimensions of Regionalism in a Changing World" (David Leyton-Brown); (3) "Economic Dimensions…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Differences, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
Morsy, Zaghloul, Ed.; Altbach, Philip G. – 1993
This book presents a collection of essays dealing with key issues and trends facing the future of higher education on the international level as the world moves into the 21st century. Essays and their authors are as follows: "The Idea of the University: Changing Roles, Current Crisis and Future Challenges" (Torsten Husen); "Patterns…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
