This volume seeks to identify and explore the forces affecting higher education in the Asia Pacific region today. It includes a set of conceptually-rich organizing chapters followed by detailed country-specific studies that detail both the underlying dynamics of these forces and the manner in which they have affected specific countries.

Table of Contents

• Part I Asian Higher Education in the Era of Contemporary Globalization: Introduction
• 1 Framing Essay Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Historical Context - John N. Hawkins
• 2 A Journey Back to the Center: Asian Higher Education in Global Context - Sheng-Ju Chan
• 3 Asian Higher Education: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects - Anthony Welch
• 4 Prospects for Higher Education in the Midst of Globalization - Deane E. Neubauer and John N. Hawkins
• 5 Globalization and the Transformation of Asian Higher Education - Christopher Ziguras
• 6 Public Good in Asian Higher Education - Christopher S. Collins
• 7 Strategies for Higher Education in the Contemporary Era: Public–Private Partnerships and Regional Cooperation - Molly N. N. Lee
• Part II Introduction to Part II: The Forces of Regionality in Asian Higher Education
• 8 Regionalization of Higher Education in Asia: Functional, Organizational, and Political Approaches - Jane Knight
• 9 Regional Trends in Asian Higher Education - Molly N. N. Lee
• 10 Regionalization of Higher Education in Asia - Kazuo Kuroda
• 11 The International Branch Campus: Cloistered Community or Agent of Social Change? - Michael Lanford and William G. Tierney
• 12 China's Approach Toward HE Regional Cooperation with ASEAN - Wen Wen
• 13 Transformation of Higher Education Systems in the Dynamics of Contemporary Globalization: The Case of Japan - Miki Sugimura
• 14 Cross-Currents in Asian Higher Education - Edilberto C. de Jesús
• 15 Prospects of Higher Education in the Asian Region with Specific Reference to China - Jinghuan Shi, Lyeong Jo and Jiayi Li
• 16 Cultural Challenges Facing East Asian Higher Education: A Preliminary Assessment - Rui Yang
• 17 Can East Asian Universities Break the Spell of Hierarchy? The Challenge of Seeking an Inherent Identity - Akiyoshi Yonezawa
• 18 Reforms of University Governance and Management in Asia: Effects on Campus Culture - Molly N. N. Lee
• 19 The Driving Forces of Higher Education: Westernization, Confucianism, Economization, and Globalization - Christopher S. Collins, Athena R. Castro and Tasha Kawamata Ryan
• Part III Introduction to Part III: Access, Equity, Capacity, and Quality in the Overall Context of the Massification of Asia Higher Education
• 20 Higher Education Inequality in East and Southeast Asia - Prompilai Buasuwan and Wanwisa Suebnusorn
• 21 Higher Education in China: Massification, Accessibility, and Quality Issues - Yuchen Yang
• 22 Equity and Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific - Peter D. Hershock
• 23 Higher Education Capacity for What? Balancing Issues of Equity, Efficiency, Choice, and Excellence - W. James Jacob and Weiyan Xiong
• 24 Higher Education in Cambodia: Challenges to Promote Greater Access and Higher Quality - Yuto Kitamura
• 25 Quality Assurance in Asian Higher Education: Challenges and Prospects - Angela Yung Chi Hou
• 26 Current Issues with Accreditation in the USA - Ralph A. Wolff
• 27 Impact of Globalization on Japanese Higher Education Policy: Examining Government Control and Quality Assurance - Reiko Yamada
• 28 After Massification and Response to Internationalization: Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Taiwan and Hong Kong - Ka Ho Mok and Sheng-Ju Chan
• 29 The Paradigm Shift on Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Taiwan - Sheng Yao Cheng and Ming-li Yao
• Part IV Introduction to Part IV: Country Studies
• 30 Massification of Chinese Higher Education: Policies and Practices - Ma Wanhua
• 31 Higher Education in Malaysia - Morshidi Sirat and Chang Da Wan
• 32 Pushing for Globalized Higher Education in the Philippines: Advances and Challenges - Serafin L. Ngohayon and Julian B. Nangphuhan II
• 33 Situating Higher Education in China: From Universal History to the Research Paradigm - Yuan Xun
• 34 Thai Higher Education - Ekaphong Lauhathiansind and Nongnuch Chunbundit
• 35 Higher Education in India: Against the Backdrop of the Evolving Political Economy - Shyam Menon
• 36 Singapore: A Small Nation with Big Dreams of Being a Global Schoolhouse - Eng Thye Jason Tan
• 37 Higher Education in Indonesia: Contemporary Challenges in Governance, Access, and Quality - Chiara Logli
• 38 Australian Higher Education - Sarah French and Richard James
• 39 New Zealand Universities: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Globalizing Higher Education - Francis L. Collins and Nick Lewis
• 40 Higher Education Institutions and ASEAN: Current Trends and Implications for Future Innovation and Change - Peter Tan Keo and Alexander Jun
• 41 The Rapid Growth of Higher Education in South Korea: Achievements, Dilemmas, and Resolutions - Minho Yeom
• 42 Vietnam: The Demand for Change and the Direction Taken - Phuong Lan Bui
• 43 Higher Education in Kazakhstan - Lyudmila Kovaleva and Jack T. Lee