Higher Education in Asia Pacific: Quality and the Public Good (International and Development Education)

The past two decades have witnessed a vast expansion of higher education in the Asia Pacific with education universally accepted as a necessary condition of economic growth. Countries throughout the region have rapidly expanded access to higher education, often by loosening restrictions on the private sector to stimulate its provision. In the process, the status of higher education has shifted from a widely accepted public good to a commodity provided and purchased through market mechanisms. Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the region. The essays in this volume underscore the fundamental interrelationships between quality, educational expansion, and the pervasive challenges of privatization. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Series Editors’ Introduction......Page 18 Acknowledgments......Page 20 1 Quality and the Public Good: An Inseparable Linkage......Page 22 2 The Growing Importance of the Privateness in Education: Challenges for Higher Education Governance in China......Page 36 3 Redefining Public and Private in Asia Pacific Higher Education......Page 54 4 Increasing Privatization of U.S. Higher Education: Forerunner or Deviant Case?......Page 70 5 Rankings and Quality—A European Perspective......Page 84 6 Future Directions for U.S. Higher Education Accreditation......Page 100 7 The Transformation of Quality Assurance in Higher Education in China......Page 120 8 Quality Assurance and Higher Education in Japan......Page 132 9 Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Developing Country Perspective and Experience......Page 142 10 Quality Assurance in Higher Education: The Taiwan Experience......Page 154 11 Quality Assurance in Indonesian Higher Education......Page 170 12 The Challenges of Creating and Maintaining Higher Education Quality under Conditions of Rapid Economic Development in Thailand......Page 186 13 The Future Directions of Higher Education Quality Assurance in Korea......Page 202 14 Accreditation in the Philippines: A Case Study......Page 222 15 Constructing a General Framework for Quality Evaluation in Higher Education......Page 238 16 Doing Quality as Public Policy......Page 254 Appendix......Page 268 List of Contributors......Page 278 C......Page 284 H......Page 285 L......Page 286 P......Page 287 T......Page 288 W......Page 289 Quality And The Public Good: An Inseparable Linkage / Terance W. Bigalke And Deane E. Neubauer -- The Growing Importance Of The Privateness In Education: Challenges For Higher Education Governance In China / Ka Ho Mok -- Redefining Public And Private In Asia Pacific Higher Education / Molly Lee And Deane E. Neubauer -- Increasing Privatization Of U.s. Higher Education: Forerunner Or Deviant Case? / Terance W. Bigalke -- Rankings And Quality-a European Perspective / Gero Federkeil -- Future Directions For U.s. Higher Education Accreditation / Ralph A. Wolff -- The Transformation Of Quality Assurance In Higher Education In China / Jinghuan Shi -- Quality Assurance And Higher Education In Japan / Shinichi Yamamoto -- Quality Assurance In Higher Education: A Developing Country Perspective And Experience / V.s. Prasad -- Quality Assurance In Higher Education: The Taiwan Experience / (kent) Sheng Yao Cheng -- Quality Assurance In Indonesian Higher Education / M.k. Tadjudin -- The Challenges Of Creating And Maintaining Higher Education Quality Under Conditions Of Rapid Economic Development In Thailand / Suchart Muangkeow -- The Future Directions Of Higher Education Quality Assurance In Korea / Keunwoo Lee -- Accreditation In The Philippines: A Case Study / Victor Ordonez And Regina M. Ordonez -- Constructing A General Framework For Quality Evaluation In Higher Education / Jinghuan Shi And Deane E. Neubauer -- Doing Quality As Public Policy / Deane E. Neubauer. Edited By Terance W. Bigalke And Deane E. Neubauer. East-west Center International Forum On Higher Education 2020--p. Facing T.p. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the Asia/Pacific region. This volume provides a framework to examine these challenges in the region and beyond.