What’s New in Higher Education? Southeast Asia and Beyond
The inaugural issue of HESB looks at higher education reform in the region, following trends of internationalisation and massification. It also looks at how governance, financing, and university autonomy affect the pace of change in higher education, and how policy makers can make effective changes.
The Complex Diversity of Southeast Asian Post-Secondary Education
Are there common elements in the higher education realities of Southeast Asia? In fact, the region may even be more divergent than convergent. This can…
Technology and the New Learning Paradigm
I was intrigued by my recent experience of teaching a course to undergraduate students at the Singapore Management University (SMU). It has been more than…
Higher Education Trends and Tensions in Southeast Asia
Higher education throughout much of the world is expanding and changing at a dizzying pace — the situation in Southeast Asia is no exception. …
Higher Education Affordability in the US and Asia
Universities in the United States (US) are the envy of the world because they attract students from all over the world, due to the high…
Countering Campus Extremism in Southeast Asia
Extremism has long been part of higher education. The suppression of Arabic and Jewish scholars in Spain during the 15th century, the Nazi persecution of…
Challenges of Student Mobility in Southeast Asia
Influenced by globalisation at the beginning of the 21st century, Southeast Asia has experienced a remarkable development of student mobility: the number of Southeast Asian…
The Policy and Politics of the Cohort Participation Rate in Singapore’s Universities
Considering the increasing rates of youth unemployment in Taiwan (12.7%) and South Korea (9.5%) as of 2015, it would appear that the Singapore government’s long-time…
Higher Education and Skills Issues in the Philippines
Education and skills are important policy levers for sustainable socio-economic growth. With the right economic fundamentals, a highly educated population with the right skills is…
Singapore as a Hub for Developing Educational Leaders in Asia
The education landscape in Asia is rapidly transforming. Driven by the need to respond to the complexities of globalisation and technological change, education reform has…