Although there has been an accelerated growth in the education field in developed countries since the second half of the 20th century, it is not the case among developing regions where progress is slow and uneven. To help the Southeast Asian region move forward, it is imperative to examine the topographical trends within this field of study. Thus,…

Methodological nationalism (MN) pervades higher education scholarship and practice, particularly in the arena of globalisation of higher education (HE) (Shahjahan and Kezar 2013). MN refers to the assumption that national boundaries define the natural category or unit of analysis for society. Drawing on affect theories, this conceptual article…

This paper shows the variations of teaching and research in the performance of the top ranking universities in Asia and the World. The researchers found out that research involves knowledge production and teaching involves knowledge transmission, and that these are discrete activities in the university. Fractal features and analysis were used in…