A Platform for the Future of Southeast Asian Higher Education – The Genesis of HESB
In conversation with S. Gopinathan HESB Editor Loke Hoe Yeong (LHY) interviewed Professor S. Gopinathan (SG), Consultant Editor and Founding Editor of HESB, about the role of the publication, university ranking systems, and the…
Between Globalisation and a Decoupled, COVID-19 World: Regional Student Mobility in ASEAN and the EU
Programmes for regional student mobility at the university level have been part of larger political projects for forging regional identity, even as the programmes themselves bear the desired scientific, cultural and economic impact. Among…
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 policy approach of capping the cohort participation rate (CPR) in…
What Next for Higher Education in Singapore?
It is good policy to prevent an oversupply of degrees (or at least the kinds of degrees) that the “market” doesn’t need. But Singaporeans still want a degree, given the globalised competition for jobs even…
