The Oxford handbook of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region /

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Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12953650
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Varying Form of Title:Handbook of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region
Higher education in the Asia-Pacific region
Other authors / contributors:Kapur, Devesh, 1959- editor.
Kong, Lily, editor.
Lo, Florence, editor.
Malone, David, 1954- editor.
ISBN:9780191964619 No price
Notes:Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 6, 2023).
Summary:With three of the world's largest economies, Asia is poised to home half of the world's middle class-both the driver and the product of higher education. This handbook presents country case-studies and explores cross-cutting trends to offer an understanding of higher education achievements, failings, potential, and limitations in the region.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780192845986
Standard no.:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192845986.001.0001
Table of Contents:
  • History of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific / Deane Neubauer
  • The Rankings Game / William Yat Wai Lo, Ryan M. Allen
  • Professional Education: Models and Issues / Sheng-Ju Chan, Hua-Chi Chou
  • Quality Regulation in Higher Education in Asia-Pacific: Roles of Quality Assurance and National Qualification Frameworks / Angela Yung Chi Hou, I-Jung Grace Lu, Karen Hui Jung Chen, Chao Yu Guo
  • Internationalization and Education-Related Mobility in Asia-Pacific Universities / Ho Kong Chong, Ravinder Sidhu, Brenda S. A. Yeoh
  • Internationalization and Mobility: Providers, Academic Collaborators, and Recognition of Qualifications / Christopher S. Collins, Alexander H. Jones
  • Education Hubs in the Asia-Pacific / Kris Olds
  • Open University Systems / Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, Alexandra Ivanovic
  • MOOCs in Asia: Promise Unfulfilled or Promise Realised? / Helen Farley
  • Public Financing / Xi Wang, W. James Jacob
  • Private Philanthropy in Higher Education in Asia / Swee-Sum Lam
  • From Elite Higher Education to Massification: the Asia-Pacific Experience / Malcolm Tight
  • Student loans in practice: benefits and pitfalls of loans schemes in Asia / Adrian Ziderman
  • Returning Talent / Rennie J. Moon
  • Asia as a Producer of Knowledge / Youngsuk Chi, John Van Orden
  • Asian Higher Education as Soft Power? / Jack T. Lee
  • Higher Education and Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific / Christopher D. Hammond
  • Lifelong Learning as a Globally Diffused Policy Discourse in Asia / Hongxia Shan, Zheng Ren
  • China: Historical and Contemporary Development of Higher Education / Wenqin Shen, Wanhua Ma
  • Elite Universities in China / Lan Xue, Zhen Yu, Zhou Zhong
  • India: History and Thrust of Overall Higher Education and Research Patterns / Niraja Gopal Jayal
  • Private Universities in India: New Dawn or False Dawn? / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  • Employment and Labour Markets / Roslyn Cameron, John Burgess
  • Japan: The Changing Role of Higher Education for Nation-Building / Akiyoshi Yonezawa
  • Japan: Challenges in Internationalization of its Higher Education Sector / Miki Sugimura, Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi
  • Higher Education in the Republic of Korea / Jang Wan Ko
  • Singapore: The Making of Higher Education in an Asian Education Hub / S. Gopinathan, Michael H. Lee
  • Higher Education in Hong Kong: Recent Developments and Challenges / Jin Jiang
  • Australia: History versus Geography in an Evolving National System / Anthony Welch
  • Education for All? Higher Education at a Crossroads in Aotearoa New Zealand / Kathryn A. Sutherland, Stephen J. Marshall
  • Indonesia: The politics of equity and quality in higher education / Chiara Logli, Hermin Indah Wahyuni
  • Higher Education in Malaysia / Chang Da Wan
  • Privatised Higher Education in Thailand: In Pursuit of Legitimacy and Profitability / Prachayani Praphamontripong Kanwar, Florence Lo
  • Productive Workers or Better Citizens? / Arnoud De Meyer
  • Higher Education in Myanmar / Marie Lall, Camille Kandiko Howson, Aye Aye Tun
  • Philippine Higher Education: A Case for Public-Private Complementarity in the Next Normal / Maria Cynthia Rose Bautista, Vicente Paqueo, Aniceto Orbeta Jr.
  • Access / Prompilai Buasuwan, Arisara Leksansern
  • Gender in Higher Education in The Asia-Pacific Region: Vertical Progress, Horizontal Segregation, and a Leaky Pipeline / Elizabeth M. King
  • The relationship between credentials and learning: a focus on international educational value and distinction / Johanna L. Waters
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences Education for the Twenty-First Century in Asia / Mikiko Nishimura
  • STEM Field Demand and Educational Reform in Asia-Pacific Countries / Aki Yamada.