The Palgrave Handbook Of Asia Pacific Higher Education (palgrave Handbooks)

This volume seeks to identify and explore the forces affecting higher education in the Asia Pacific region today. It includes a set of conceptually-rich organizing chapters followed by detailed country-specific studies that detail both the underlying dynamics of these forces and the manner in which they have affected specific countries. In this way, the chapters touch on the complex demographics of the region, how continued and continuous economic development impinges on higher education, and how neoliberalism has affected higher education across many dimensions. The volume also addresses the complex issues associated with cross border education and the daunting challenges of both national and cross-national quality assurance. Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Front Matter....Pages 1-4 Framing Essay Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Historical Context....Pages 5-23 A Journey Back to the Center: Asian Higher Education in Global Context....Pages 25-37 Asian Higher Education: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects....Pages 39-55 Prospects for Higher Education in the Midst of Globalization....Pages 57-72 Globalization and the Transformation of Asian Higher Education....Pages 73-88 Public Good in Asian Higher Education....Pages 89-99 Strategies for Higher Education in the Contemporary Era: Public–Private Partnerships and Regional Cooperation....Pages 101-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-112 Regionalization of Higher Education in Asia: Functional, Organizational, and Political Approaches....Pages 113-127 Regional Trends in Asian Higher Education....Pages 129-139 Regionalization of Higher Education in Asia....Pages 141-156 The International Branch Campus: Cloistered Community or Agent of Social Change?....Pages 157-172 China’s Approach Toward HE Regional Cooperation with ASEAN....Pages 173-182 Transformation of Higher Education Systems in the Dynamics of Contemporary Globalization: The Case of Japan....Pages 183-193 Cross-Currents in Asian Higher Education....Pages 195-210 Prospects of Higher Education in the Asian Region with Specific Reference to China....Pages 211-226 Cultural Challenges Facing East Asian Higher Education: A Preliminary Assessment....Pages 227-245 Can East Asian Universities Break the Spell of Hierarchy? The Challenge of Seeking an Inherent Identity....Pages 247-260 Reforms of University Governance and Management in Asia: Effects on Campus Culture....Pages 261-277 The Driving Forces of Higher Education: Westernization, Confucianism, Economization, and Globalization....Pages 279-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-295 Higher Education Inequality in East and Southeast Asia....Pages 297-314 Front Matter....Pages 293-295 Higher Education in China: Massification, Accessibility, and Quality Issues....Pages 315-330 Equity and Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific....Pages 331-344 Higher Education Capacity for What? Balancing Issues of Equity, Efficiency, Choice, and Excellence....Pages 345-363 Higher Education in Cambodia: Challenges to Promote Greater Access and Higher Quality....Pages 365-380 Quality Assurance in Asian Higher Education: Challenges and Prospects....Pages 381-392 Current Issues with Accreditation in the USA....Pages 393-407 Impact of Globalization on Japanese Higher Education Policy: Examining Government Control and Quality Assurance....Pages 409-421 After Massification and Response to Internationalization: Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Taiwan and Hong Kong....Pages 423-438 The Paradigm Shift on Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Taiwan....Pages 439-451 Front Matter....Pages 453-454 Massification of Chinese Higher Education: Policies and Practices....Pages 455-467 Higher Education in Malaysia....Pages 469-482 Pushing for Globalized Higher Education in the Philippines: Advances and Challenges....Pages 483-496 Situating Higher Education in China: From Universal History to the Research Paradigm....Pages 497-509 Thai Higher Education....Pages 511-530 Higher Education in India: Against the Backdrop of the Evolving Political Economy....Pages 531-545 Singapore: A Small Nation with Big Dreams of Being a Global Schoolhouse....Pages 547-560 Higher Education in Indonesia: Contemporary Challenges in Governance, Access, and Quality....Pages 561-581 Australian Higher Education....Pages 583-595 New Zealand Universities: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Globalizing Higher Education....Pages 597-613 Higher Education Institutions and ASEAN: Current Trends and Implications for Future Innovation and Change....Pages 615-624 Front Matter....Pages 453-454 The Rapid Growth of Higher Education in South Korea: Achievements, Dilemmas, and Resolutions....Pages 625-639 Vietnam: The Demand for Change and the Direction Taken....Pages 641-652 Higher Education in Kazakhstan....Pages 653-663 Back Matter....Pages 665-691