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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN-100230613233

ISBN-139780230613232

eBay Product ID (ePID)102954738

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXix, 268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHigher Education in Asia/Pacific : Quality and the Public Good

Publication Year2009

SubjectWorld / Australian & Oceanian, Globalization, Physics / Astrophysics, Earth Sciences / Geology, Higher, Astronomy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Science, Education

AuthorTerance W. Bigalke

SeriesInternational and Development Education Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-006636

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Bigalke and Neubauer address the important topic of 'quality of education' in Asian higher education, which has garnered substantial interest among policy makers, academics, and institutions in countries throughout the region. The collectionexamines how rapidly higher education in the Asia/ Pacific region has been changing over the past decades and brings readers a broader view in this important area."--Angela Yung-chi Hou, Research Fellow and Director of International Exchange, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan and Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University, "Bigalke and Neubauer address the important topic of 'quality of education' in Asian higher education, which has garnered substantial interest among policy makers, academics, and institutions in countries throughout the region. The collection examines how rapidly higher education in the Asia/ Pacific region has been changing over the past decades and brings readers a broader view in this important area."--Angela Yung-chi Hou, Research Fellow and Director of International Exchange, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan and Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal378.5

Table Of ContentQuality and the Public Good: An Inseparable Linkaâ‰¥ T.Bigalke & D.Neubauer The Growing Importance of the Privateness in Education: Challenges for Higher Education Governance in China; K.H.Mok Redefining Public and Private in Asia Pacific Higher Education; M.Lee Increasing Privatization of U.S. Higher Education: Forerunner or Deviant Case?; T.Bigalke Rankings and Quality - a European Perspective; G.Federkeil Future Directions for American Higher Education Accreditation; R.Wolff The Transformation of Quality Assurance in Higher Education In China; J.Shi Quality Assurance and Higher Education in Japan; S.Yamamoto Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Developing Country Perspective and Experience; V.S.Prasad Quality Assurance in Higher Education: The Taiwan experience since 1990s; (Kent) S.Y.Cheng Quality assurance in Indonesian Higher Educatio; M.K.Tajudin The Challenges of Creating and Maintaining Higher Education Quality under Conditions of Rapid Economic Development in Thailâˆ§ S.Muangkeow The Future Directions of Higher Education Quality Assurance in Korea; K.Lee Accreditation in the Philippines: A Case Study; V.Ordonez & G.Ordonez Constructing a General Framework for Quality Evaluation in Higher Education; J.Shi Doing Quality as Public Policy; D.Neubauer

SynopsisThe past two decades have witnessed a vast expansion of higher education in the Asia Pacific with education universally accepted as a necessary condition of economic growth. Countries throughout the region have rapidly expanded access to higher education, often by loosening restrictions on the private sector to stimulate its provision. In the process, the status of higher education has shifted from a widely accepted public good to a commodity provided and purchased through market mechanisms. Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the region. This volume provides a framework to examine these challenges in the region and beyond., Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the Asia/Pacific region. This volume provides a framework to examine these challenges in the region and beyond.

LC Classification NumberQE1-996.5