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This edited volume offers a comprehensive reference point to an interdisciplinary and trans-boundary analysis of the sustainability of Asian tertiary education systems. The four sections of the volume -Collaborations, Transformations, Global-Local Tensions, and Future Developments-reflect the current conditions, ongoing changes, and new directions of the universities' transformative contribution to the 2030 UN Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapters in this volume draw on inquiries and experiences from 12 research projects conducted in Asia, featuring cases from South Korea, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China, and include regions such as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Ural-Siberian, and the Far Eastern regions of Russia. The collection of the studies presented in this volume offers a general framework for sustainable tertiary education that, with some adaptations, could be applied to other tertiary education systems in the world. The presentvolume, Sustainable Tertiary Education in Asia: Policies, Practices, and Developments, contributes to the research arena of Higher Education Sustainability by fostering a cross-cultural dialog among sustainability stakeholders of tertiary education in Asia and beyond.
List of contents
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Sustainability of Tertiary Education in Asia: Collaborations, Transformations, Global-Local Tensions, and Future Developments.- Section I Collaborations.- Chapter 2 Sustainable Tertiary Educational Collaboration: Korea's Shared Experiences and the Challenges.- Chapter 3 Nurturing a Good Neighbour: A Review of Sino-Kazakhstani Higher Education Cooperation.- Chapter 4 Programs on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Mainland China and the Hong Kong SAR: An Assessment of the Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development.- Section II Transformations.- Chapter 5 Laozi for Higher Education on Sustainability: Its Principles, Logic and Holistic Relevance.- Chapter 6 Elite to Mass to Universal: The Historical Development, Internationalization and Sustainability of Tertiary Education in Hong Kong.- Chapter 7 Liberal Studies Reform and Sustainability Consciousness in Hong Kong Tertiary Education.- Section III Global - Local Tensions.- Chapter 8 The Empowering Potential of Higher Education for Underprivileged Ethnic Minorities' Sustainable Development in Hong Kong: Educational Policies for Access and Equity.- Chapter 9 Transforming Tertiary Education Environments for Sustainable Development of the Sakhalin region in Russia.- Chapter 10 Institutional Brand Construct and University Sustainability.- Section IV Future Developments.- Chapter 11 Vocational cum Pedagogical Tertiary Education and Sustainable Development in Russia.- Chapter 12 Creating a Sustainable College Performance Evaluation in China.- Chapter 13 Formative Assessment for Lifelong Learning, Effective Teaching, and Sustainable Development in Russia.- Chapter 14 Conclusion-Towards a General Framework of Sustainable Tertiary Education.
