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Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region / edited by V. Meek, C. Suwanwela.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in Higher Education, 2946-3203
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology.
- Education, Higher.
- Ethnology--Asia.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Sociology.
- Higher Education.
- Asian Culture.
- Local Subjects:
- Geology.
- Higher Education.
- Asian Culture.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the first books to focus on different national perspectives of knowledge production and research in higher education in the Asia-Pacific region, it compares, contrasts, and critically analyzes how policy in Asia-Pacific countries is furthering a supportive (or non-supportive) environment for the promotion of research within higher education.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Modernization, Development Strategies, and Knowledge Production in the Asia Pacific Region; 3 Research Policy and the Changing Role of the State in the Asia Pacific Region; 4 The Changing Landscape of Higher Education Research Policy in Australia; 5 Policy Debate on Research in Universities in China; 6 Between the Public and the Private: Indian Academics in Transition; 7 Development and Impact of State Policies On Higher Education Research in Indonesia
- 8 National Research Policy and Higher Education Reforms in Japan; 9 Acknowledging Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Higher Education in the Pacific Island Region; 10 Higher Education Research in the Philippines: Policies, Practices, and Problems; 11 Higher Education Reform in Thailand; 12 Conclusion: Research Management in the Postindustrial Era: Trends and Issues for Further Investigation; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611361778
- 9781281361776
- 1281361771
- 9780230603165
- 0230603165
- OCLC:
- 568019316
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