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Kassim, Mohd Azraai; Damio, Siti Maftuhah; Omar, Abdul Rahman – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
Higher Education (HE) plays an active role in nation building by developing and transforming the human capital holistically. This lifelong endeavour is by no means smooth sailing as HEs have to face many challenges. One prominent challenge is of university ranking, which is highly Westernized and exceedingly quantitative. "Creatical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Human Capital
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Lee, Jack T. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
The discourse on the internationalization of higher education emphasizes revenue generation while neglecting other diverse rationales pursued by governments and institutions. For countries that are seeking to venture into a knowledge economy or accrue greater competitive advantages under globalization, many policymakers view cross-border higher…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Global Approach, Regional Schools, Knowledge Economy
Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This paper was presented at the International Symposium on Lifelong Learning for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development: Developing a Research Agenda for the Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong, 12-13 January 2011. Tom Karmel suggests that there are four implications of an ageing population: the need to improve labour force participation and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Human Capital, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment