Mass higher education development in East Asia [electronic resource] : strategy, quality, and challenges / Jung Cheol Shin, Gerard A. Postiglione, Futao Huang, editors.

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Mass higher education development in East Asia [electronic resource] : strategy, quality, and challenges / Jung Cheol Shin, Gerard A. Postiglione, Futao Huang, editors.

9783319126739 electronic book
3319126733 electronic book
9783319126722

Cham : Springer, [2015]

©2015

English

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LA1143

378.0095

This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education development; the way professors and students in the region are experiencing the rapid developments; and the challenges imposed by mass higher education. These challenges include the quality of education as well as structural changes in the rapidly developing systems, funding sources for supporting mass higher education, and job markets for college graduates. "ℓ́Œ This is by far the best book so far produced on the building of higher education in Asia and brings forward our understanding of issues and problems everywhere of rapid educational growth, the economic costs and contributions of education, capacity building in the academic profession and science, and lifting qualityℓ́Œ" ℓ́ℓ Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University College London and Joint Editor-in-Chief of the journal℗ℓHigher Education ℓ́ℓHigher education is the new ℓ́ℓcoin of the realm.ℓ́ℓℓ́Œ This book outlines what is happening in a key region of the world. The authors are at the ℓ́ℓtop of their gameℓ́ℓ and able to offer us breaking trends with trenchant analysis.ℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ William G. Tierney, University Professor & Co-director, Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of Southern California "ℓ́Œ East Asia came to the "mass revolution" after North America and Europe, but has been deeply affected by it. This book provides an excellent multidimensional analysis of the key elements of massification as they affect this key region." ℓ́ℓ Philip G. Altbach, Research Professor and Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College. ℓ́ℓMass Higher Education Development in East Asia is a well-researched book, bringing together an impressive group of renowned academics from the East and the West who offer a balanced assessment of the achievements and challenges in East Asian higher educationℓ́Œℓ́ℓ ℓ́ℓ Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert, former World Bank Tertiary Education Coordinator.

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