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Shin, Jung Cheol; Harman, Grant – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
With rapid socio-economic changes, twenty-first century higher education is facing major challenges to its governance systems, curriculum, mission focus, external relations, research, and financing. A theoretical framework to analyze these post-massification challenges is suggested, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region as well as global issues.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Privatization, Foreign Countries, Governance
Lee, John Chi-Kin; Caldwell, Brian J. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses education within the context of globalization and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Asian Culture
Welch, Anthony – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East, South, and East Asia has shifted markedly. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
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Chan, David; Lo, William – Policy Futures in Education, 2008
This concluding article aims to pull together the analysis undertaken in the preceding articles in this special issue. By sketching an overview of the university reforms and developments revealed in the sectoral articles, it draws out the trends of university restructuring in East Asia. It then projects the significances of these trends in terms…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Assessment
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Saltman, Kenneth J. – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2006
This article illustrates how global corporate education initiatives, though profit-motivated, sometimes function both as an instrument of foreign policy and as a manifestation of a broader imperial project. According to neoconservative scholars, as well as their critics, the events of September 11, 2001, allowed the implementation of pre-made…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Curriculum Design, Corporate Education