The Search for New Governance of Higher Education in Asia

The present volume sets out in the wider context of globalization to critically examine how selected countries / societies in Asia have responded to the growing pressures of globalization for improving university performance in the global market place. In order to enhance the global competitiveness of their higher education systems, many governments in Asia have started comprehensive reforms and adopted new governance measures to enhance their universities. Incorporation and corporatization have been identified as important strategies to restructure and re-engineer university governance around the world. Contributors in this volume critically examine how the quest for world-class university status (as a global movement) has affected the way their universities are governed. Despite the popularity of management reforms and restructuring exercises in line with neoliberalism and managerialism worldwide, whether and how these reforms have actually transformed the heart of the public sector is still subject to debate. This book offers critical reflections on the governance change taking place in the Asian university systems and examines how far the restructuring of higher education governance through incorporation, privatization, and corporatization has really transformed the values and practices of those who work in the higher education sector. This volume sets out in the wider context of globalization to critically examine how selected countries / societies in Asia have responded to the growing pressures of globalization for improving university performance in the global market place. The present volume sets out in the wider context of globalization to critically examine how selected countries / societies in Asia have responded to the growing pressures of globalization for improving university performance in the global market place. In order to enhance the global competitiveness of their higher education systems, many governments in Asia have started comprehensive reforms and adopted new governance measures to enhance their universities. Incorporation and corporatization have been identified as important strategies to restructure and re-engineer university governance around the world. Contributors in this volume critically examine how the quest for 'world-class' university status (as a global movement) has affected the way their universities are governed. Despite the popularity of management reforms and restructuring exercises in line with neoliberalism and managerialism worldwide, whether and how these reforms have actually transformed the heart of the public sector is still subject to debate. This book offers critical reflections on the governance change taking place in the Asian university systems and examine how far the restructuring of higher education governance through incorporation, privatization, and corporatization has really transformed the values and practices of those who work in the higher education sector Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-11 Global Education, Heterarchies, and Hybrid Organizations....Pages 13-27 Higher Education Transformation: Some Trends in California and Asia....Pages 29-47 Changing Governance in China’s Higher Education: Some Analyses of the Recent University Enrollment Expansion Policy....Pages 49-66 Incorporation of National Universities of Korea: Dynamic Forces, Key Features, and Challenges....Pages 67-83 Governance of the Incorporated Japanese National Universities....Pages 85-102 Entrepreneurialism in Higher Education: A Comparison of University Governance Changes in Hong Kong and Singapore....Pages 103-123 University Governance Structure in Challenging Times: The Case of Malaysia’s First APEX University (Universiti Sains Malaysia)....Pages 125-137 Shifting Governance Patterns in Taiwanese Higher Education: A Recentralized Future?....Pages 139-152 Southeast Asian Higher Education in the Global Knowledge System: Governance, Privatization, and Infrastructure....Pages 153-170 Higher Education in India: Emerging Challenges and Evolving Strategies....Pages 171-191 Governance and the Governance of Higher Education in Vietnam....Pages 193-214 Back Matter....Pages 215-220