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 Rise of Transnational Higher Education in China
Realising the importance of creating a more conducive environment to produce high quality professional and globally competitive talents who can cope with the ever-changing social…
Managing Markets and Massification of Higher Education in India
The higher education system in India is at a stage of revival. The sector experienced an unprecedented expansion in this century. The double-digit annual growth…
Singapore’s Global Schoolhouse Aspirations
Singapore’s ‘Global Schoolhouse’ vision was outlined by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in a 2002 report. One of the sections in the report focused…
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…