Read more
With three of the world's largest economies, Asia is poised to home half of the world's middle class--both the driver and the product of higher education. This Handbook presents country case-studies and explores cross-cutting trends to offer an understanding of higher education achievements, failings, potential, and limitations in the region.
List of contents
- Introduction
- I. History
- 1: Deane Neubauer: History of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
- II. Goals, Growth, and Massification
- 2: Malcolm Tight: From Elite Higher Education to Massification: The Asia-Pacific Experience
- 3: Roslyn Cameron and John Burgess: Employment and Labour Markets
- 4: Arnoud De Meyer: Productive Workers or Better Citizens?
- III. Who Learns?
- 5: Prompilai Buasuwan and Arisara Leksansern: Access
- 6: Elizabeth M. King: Gender in Higher Education in The Asia-Pacific Region: Vertical Progress, Horizontal Segregation, and a Leaky Pipeline
- IV. What: Content and Learning in Higher Education
- 7: Johanna Waters: The Relationship Between Credentials and Learning: A Focus on International Educational Value and Distinction
- 8: Mikiko Nishimura: Liberal Arts and Sciences Education for the 21st Century in Asia
- 9: Aki Yamada: STEM Field Demand and Educational Reform in Asia-Pacific Countries
- 10: William Yat Wai Lo and Ryan M. Allen: The Rankings Game
- 11: Sheng-Ju Chan and Hua-Chi Chou: Professional Education: Models and Issues
- V. How and Who?
- 12: Angela Yung Chi Hou, I-Jung Grace Lu, Karen Hui Jung Chen, and Chao Yu Guo: Quality Regulation in Higher Education in Asia-Pacific: Roles of Quality Assurance and National Qualification Frameworks
- 13: K.C. Ho, Ravinder Sidhu, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh: Internationalisation and Education-Related Mobility in Asia-Pacific Universities
- 14: Christopher S. Collins and Alexander H. Jones: Internationalization and Mobility: Providers, Academic Collaborators and Recognition of Qualifications
- 15: Kris Olds: Education Hubs in the Asia-Pacific
- 16: Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria and Alexandra Ivanovic: Open University Systems
- 17: Helen Farley: MOOCs in Asia: Promise Unfulfilled or Promise Realised?
- VI. Costs: Who Pays?
- 18: Xi Wang and W. James Jacob: Public Financing
- 19: Swee-Sum Lam: Private Philanthropy in Higher Education in Asia
- 20: Adrian Ziderman: Student Loans in Practice: Benefits and Pitfalls of Loans Schemes in Asia
- VII. Consequences and Challenges
- 21: Rennie J. Moon: Returning Talent
- 22: Youngsuk Chi and John Van Orden: Asia as a Producer of Knowledge
- 23: Jack T. Lee: Asian Higher Education as Soft Power?
- 24: Christopher D. Hammond: Higher Education and Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific
- 25: Hongxia Shan and Zheng Ren: Lifelong Learning as a Globally Diffused Policy Discourse in Asia
- VIII. Country Studies
- 26: Wenqin Shen and Wanhua Ma: China: Historical and Contemporary Development of Higher Education
- 27: Lan Xue, Zhen Yu, and Zhou Zhong: Elite Universities in China
- 28: Niraja Gopal Jayal: India: History and Thrust of Overall Higher Education and Research Patterns
- 29: Pratap Bhanu Mehta: Private Universities in India: New Dawn or False Dawn?
- 30: Akiyoshi Yonezawa: Japan: The Changing Role of Higher Education for Nation-Building
- 31: Miki Sugimura and Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi: Japan: Challenges in Internationalization of its Higher Education Sector
- 32: Jang Wan Ko: Higher Education in the Republic of Korea
- 33: S. Gopinathan and Michael H. Lee: Singapore: The Making of Higher Education in an Asian Education Hub
- 34: Jin Jiang: Higher Education in Hong Kong: Recent Developments and Challenges
- 35: Anthony Welch: Australia: History Versus Geography in an Evolving National System
- 36: Kathryn A. Sutherland and Stephen J. Marshall: Education for All? Higher Education at a Crossroads in Aotearoa New Zealand
- 37: Chiara Logli and Hermin Indah Wahyuni: Indonesia: The Politics of Equity and Quality in Higher Education
- 38: Chang Da Wan: Higher Education in Malaysia
- 39: Prachayani Praphamontripong Kanwar and Florence Lo: Privatized Higher Education in Thailand: In Pursuit of Legitimacy and Profitability
- 40: Marie Lall, Camille Kandiko Howson, and Aye Aye Tun: Higher Education in Myanmar
- 41: Maria Cynthia Rose Bautista, Vicente Paqueo, and Aniceto Orbeta Jr: Philippine Higher Education: A Case for Public-Private Complementarity in the Next Normal
About the author
Devesh Kapur is Starr Foundation South Asia Studies Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. His recent books include Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India's Higher Education and The Other One Percent: Indians in America.
Lily Kong is President of the Singapore Management University and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on social and cultural change in Asian cities and she has published widely on topics such as religion, cultural policy, creative industries, smart cities, urban heritage, and education.
Florence Lo is the Legal Specialist at the United Nations University (UNU). Prior to joining UNU, she worked as a legal practitioner in Southeast Asia providing legal and regulatory advice across a broad range of practice areas including project financing, banking and security, land and property, and labour and employment law.
David Malone is UN Under-Secretary General, Rector of the United Nations University (UNU). Prior to joining UNU he served as President of Canada's International Development Research Centre (2008-2013) and as Canada's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal (2006-2008).
Summary
With three of the world's largest economies, Asia is poised to home half of the world's middle class--both the driver and the product of higher education. This Handbook presents country case-studies and explores cross-cutting trends to offer an understanding of higher education achievements, failings, potential, and limitations in the region.
