Main description:
East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations puts East Asian sociopolitical developments in new light by providing new and little-known materials which will be welcomed by researchers in the field. Nineteen scholars cover Burma, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
One main theme of the book is that universities and the administration and proliferation of higher education provide excellent insight into East Asia's ancient, colonial and post-war history and progress.
The book provides incisive analyses of leading issues such as tyranny versus democracy, state-funded schools versus proprietary schools, elitists versus populists, and quality versus quantity.
Review quote:
William Cummings, State University of New York, USA
Through scholarly exchange and scientific productivity, East Asian higher education is coming to have a considerable impact on higher education in other parts of the world. This volume provides useful background for interpreting that impact.
Higher Education
James Porter
a rare and valuable contribution to the study of higher education in the region...penetrating and contemporary...required reading for all those university administrators and academics that are leading the entrepreneurial onslaught on the region.
Higher Education Review
Table of contents:
List of contributors. Preface. Editorial (A.H. Yee). The University of Tokyo: the graduate school and reformation project (W. Mori). Traditionalism versus research and development at Japanese universities (S. Yamamoto). Higher education in Hong Kong (A.H. Yee). Comparative higher education: Burma and Thailand (S. Chutinaranond, P. Cooperat). Malaysian and Singaporean higher education: common roots but differing directions (L. Teck Ghee). Higher education in Indonesia: its development, problems and prospects (S. Ranuwihardjo). Development of Islamic higher education in Indonesia (N. Mitsuo, N. Setsuo). Higher education in South and North Korea (R. Kim, Y. Sop Ahn). Universities and science in China: new visibility in the world community (R. Hayhoe, W. Zhong). The difficult path toward an integrated university and community college system in Vietnam (Khe Ba Do). Higher education in Vietnam: historical background, policy, and prospect (J. Berlie). Higher education regulation in the Philippines: issues of control, quality assurance and accreditation (R.P. Cooney, E. Paqueo-Arreza). Educational supply and demand in East Asia (A.H. Yee, L. Teck Ghee). Educational need and economic advancement: the role of vocational education in the Republic of China (T.F. Boyd, C. Lee). Subject index.
10 illus.
East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations puts East Asian sociopolitical developments in new light by providing new and little-known materials which will be welcomed by researchers in the field. Nineteen scholars cover Burma, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
One main theme of the book is that universities and the administration and proliferation of higher education provide excellent insight into East Asia's ancient, colonial and post-war history and progress.
The book provides incisive analyses of leading issues such as tyranny versus democracy, state-funded schools versus proprietary schools, elitists versus populists, and quality versus quantity.
Review quote:
William Cummings, State University of New York, USA
Through scholarly exchange and scientific productivity, East Asian higher education is coming to have a considerable impact on higher education in other parts of the world. This volume provides useful background for interpreting that impact.
Higher Education
James Porter
a rare and valuable contribution to the study of higher education in the region...penetrating and contemporary...required reading for all those university administrators and academics that are leading the entrepreneurial onslaught on the region.
Higher Education Review
Table of contents:
List of contributors. Preface. Editorial (A.H. Yee). The University of Tokyo: the graduate school and reformation project (W. Mori). Traditionalism versus research and development at Japanese universities (S. Yamamoto). Higher education in Hong Kong (A.H. Yee). Comparative higher education: Burma and Thailand (S. Chutinaranond, P. Cooperat). Malaysian and Singaporean higher education: common roots but differing directions (L. Teck Ghee). Higher education in Indonesia: its development, problems and prospects (S. Ranuwihardjo). Development of Islamic higher education in Indonesia (N. Mitsuo, N. Setsuo). Higher education in South and North Korea (R. Kim, Y. Sop Ahn). Universities and science in China: new visibility in the world community (R. Hayhoe, W. Zhong). The difficult path toward an integrated university and community college system in Vietnam (Khe Ba Do). Higher education in Vietnam: historical background, policy, and prospect (J. Berlie). Higher education regulation in the Philippines: issues of control, quality assurance and accreditation (R.P. Cooney, E. Paqueo-Arreza). Educational supply and demand in East Asia (A.H. Yee, L. Teck Ghee). Educational need and economic advancement: the role of vocational education in the Republic of China (T.F. Boyd, C. Lee). Subject index.
10 illus.