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Globalization and higher education in East Asia / edited by Ka-ho Mok, Richard James.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary issues in education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--East Asia.
- Education and globalization--East Asia.
- Education and globalization.
- Education, Higher.
- East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005.
- Summary:
- Ten international academics contribute eight chapters examining how different Asian societies such as Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan have experienced changes and transformations in higher education within the context of globalization. In particular, the studies examine strategies adopted by Asian governments in response to globalization such as the internationalization, decentralization, marketization and privatization of higher education in these countries. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Globalization, changing governance, and the nation state / Ka-ho Mok
- Globalization and higher education restructuring / Rui Yang
- Reforming university education in Hong Kong and Singapore / Michael H.H. Lee and Saravanan Gopinathan
- Higher education for a new Korea / Anthony Welch
- Taiwan's responses to globalization / William Yat-Wai Lo and Fwu-yuan Weng
- The impact of globalization on higher education in Japan / Akiyoshi Yonezawa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 981210402X
- OCLC:
- 64625077
- Publisher Number:
- 9789812104021
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