University-Community Engagement in the Asia Pacific: Public Benefits Beyond Individual Degrees (International and Development Education)

This edited volume provides a framework for understanding academic public good and offers case studies and perspectives as in depth examples of the ways in which colleges and universities engage with the community to produce social benefits. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the authors discuss examples of engagement that produce consciousness, partnerships, and services that are broadly available to the public and enhance the progress of society. The authors argue that, unlike an individual degree, these are public benefits that should be focused upon and featured more readily so that the breadth of university benefits come to be better understood. This edited volume creates a framework for understanding academic public good and offers case studies and perspectives as in depth examples of the ways in which colleges and universities engage with the community to produce social benefits. Focusing on the Asia Pacific region, the authors discuss examples of engagement that produce consciousness, partnerships, and services that are broadly available to the public and enhance the progress of society. The authors argue that, unlike an individual degree, these are public benefits that should be focused upon and featured more readily so that the breadth of university benefits come to be better understood. Christopher S. Collins is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University, USA, and Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His research focuses on the function of higher education in society and its role in social and economic progress Front Matter....Pages i-xi Academic Public Good....Pages 1-10 Educational Leaders and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of the GLOBE Model for Higher Education Contexts in the Asia Pacific Region....Pages 11-19 Cross-Border Higher Education: Engaging East Asian Cities....Pages 21-40 The Challenges and Benefits of Transnational Higher Education: A Case Study of Sino-Foreign Cooperation University in China....Pages 41-55 Digital Heritage as a Rhetorical Tool for Cultural Preservation....Pages 57-71 Thai Higher Education and Local Community Engagement Toward Creative Tourism....Pages 73-86 University–Community Connections and the Thai Concept of Sufficiency: The Case of 9 Boworn....Pages 87-102 Continued Learning in an Aging Society: A University–Community Collaborative Educational Intervention in Taiwan....Pages 103-122 Back Matter....Pages 123-126