The Dynamics of Higher Education Development in East Asia : Asian Cultural Heritage, Western Dominance, Economic Development, and Globalization

This book examines four theses regarding Asian higher education and development: interplay between cultural traditions, economic development, globalization, and the evolution of the 'hybrid' university. Top scholars evaluate these hypotheses and determine the elements shaping the history and present circumstances of Asia-Pacific higher education. This book examines four theses regarding higher education and development in the Asian region: the interplay between cultural traditions, economic development, globalization, and the evolution of the 'hybrid' university. Top scholars from around the world evaluate how closely these hypotheses resemble present circumstances and policies and seek to determine the elements making up Asia-Pacific higher education and shaping the region's education history Cover 1 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 List of Figures and Tables 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 14 1 Introduction: Four Hypotheses of Higher Education Development 15 Part I Cultural Tradition and Higher Education Development 23 2 Higher Education Development in East Asian Countries Focusing on Cultural Tradition and Economic Systems 24 3 Between the East and the West: Challenges for Internationalizing Higher Education in East Asia 41 4 East-West? Tradition and the Development of Hybrid Higher Education in Asia 62 5 Situating Higher Education in China: From Universal History to the Research Paradigm 79 Part II Economic Development and Higher Education Development 88 6 Meeting Point of the East and the West: Globalizing or Localizing Higher Education in East Asia 89 7 Cultural and Historical Factors Influencing the Development of Higher Education in Thailand 127 Part III Globalization and Higher Education Development 139 8 The Globalized University as the Next Stage in Higher Education Development 140 9 Globalization Practices in Asia Pacific Universities 167 10 Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adopting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy 185 11 Conclusion: Is There an Asian Hybrid University? 202 List of Contributors 214 Index 218 Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction Four Hypotheses of Higher Education Development....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Higher Education Development in East Asian Countries Focusing on Cultural Tradition and Economic Systems....Pages 11-27 Between the East and the West....Pages 29-49 East-West? Tradition and the Development of Hybrid Higher Education in Asia....Pages 51-67 Situating Higher Education in China From Universal History to the Research Paradigm....Pages 69-77 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Meeting Point of the East and the West....Pages 81-118 Cultural and Historical Factors Influencing the Development of Higher Education in Thailand....Pages 119-130 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 The Globalized University as the Next Stage in Higher Education Development....Pages 133-159 Globalization Practices in Asia Pacific Universities....Pages 161-178 Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education....Pages 179-195 Conclusion....Pages 197-208 Back Matter....Pages 209-219 "Asia Pacific higher education is in a state of continuous transition. This volume provides explanatory frames for the complex nature of this transition by examining four oft-cited "explanations" for the contemporary Asian university. One of these explanations/hypotheses holds that minor differences aside, the dominant higher education form and practices are derived from Western models. Another explanation seeks to trace historical elements of Asia higher education that have been carried forward into the contemporary. A third explanation focuses on the dominant role that societal economic development has played in contemporary Asia and the importance of higher education in assisting such development. A final explanation focuses on the increasing importance that global models of higher education are playing in the formation and development of the contemporary Asian university"-- Provided by publisher "This book examines four theses regarding higher education and development in the Asian region: the interplay between cultural traditions, economic development, globalization, and the evolution of the 'hybrid' university. Top scholars from around the world evaluate how closely these hypotheses resemble present circumstances and policies and seek to determine the elements making up Asia-Pacific higher education and shaping the region's education history"-- Provided by publisher