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)

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…