The Western influence on the development of Korean higher education, seen as characteristic of the tendency toward adaptation to American ideas and practices since the nineteenth century, is examined. Current Korean pressures toward increased academic nationalism and excellence are also discussed. (MSE)

Historically and today, Western academic models, practices, and orientations on Asian universities in colonized and non-colonized countries have shaped their higher education systems. Japanese colonialism in Korea and Taiwan is also significant. Contemporary patterns of international educational exchange have also affected Asian university growth.…

A brief history of the Japanese higher education system chronicles its two principal phases since the mid-nineteenth century. In the first, "window-shopping" mode, many Western models were explored and some partially adopted. In the "involvement" mode, specific Western models were adopted. The uniqueness of the Japanese…

A discussion of the history of China's higher education system summarizes the main characteristics of the traditional scholarly institutions and considers the western academic models introduced by foreign missionaries, those selected and implemented by Chinese modernizers, and the Soviet academic model adopted by Chinese Communist leaders in the…