Higher Education in Asia: Regional Integration and Regional Patterns
This issue discusses ASEAN’s role in regional integration, the political framework of Southeast Asia, and the higher education initiatives that arise from these frameworks. Further, we look at the evolving cultural mission of elite East Asian universities, and Southeast Asian university governance reforms and autonomy alongside global neo-liberalism.
Getting the Mix Right: The Cultural Mission of East Asia’s Elite Universities
Higher education development has resulted in stellar achievements in most East Asian societies, including China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Their achievements…
India: World-Class Universities?
Not long ago, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee declared, “If we provide enough funds to 10 to 15 top institutions for the next four to five…
The Emergence of an International Higher Education Hub in South Korea
The beginning of the new millennium seemed to mark the start of a promising period for the internationalisation of higher education in South Korea. Since…
A Chinese Branch Campus in Malaysia — Adjusting Fundamentals
Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM) opened in February 2016, describing itself as “the first overseas campus established by a renowned Chinese university and the first Chinese…
Towards an ASEAN Higher Education Area
The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As with many such milestones, there is…
Higher Education Regionalisation in East Asia
Three prominent organisations have emerged as drivers of regional higher education (HE) cooperation in East Asia: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the South…
Reforms in University Governance and Management in Southeast Asia
University reforms are very much the result of interactions between global influences and national responses. The development of universities is embedded in their socio-economic and…
University Autonomy in Malaysia: Tales from the Ground of Two Public Universities
The development of university autonomy within Malaysian public universities has had its twists and turns. Prior to the 1975 amendment of the Universities and University…
The Governance and Management of Universities in Thailand
Thailand’s universities were founded as part of the Thai state apparatus, funded by the government budget and regulated by bureaucratic rules. Academics were civil servants,…