Ninth in the Global Education Research Reports series, published by IIE and the AIFS Foundation, Asia: The Next Higher Education Superpower? critically examines the local and global trends driving higher education policies in Asia and their impact on the local and regional knowledge economies. Featuring an impressive group of leading scholars, practitioners, and education policy experts these chapters look at how governments, universities, the private sector, and international organizations are responding to recent trends and meeting the diverse challenges and opportunities across the region. This volume is edited by Rajika Bhandari, IIE’s Deputy Vice President for Research and Evaluation, and Alessia Lefébure, Director of the Alliance at Columbia University and Adjunct Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs
Table of Contents
Forewords
Allan E. Goodman, President and CEO, Institute of International Education
William L. Gertz, President and CEO, American Institute For Foreign Study
Introduction
Higher Education in Asia and the Search for a New Modernity
Rajika Bhandari, Institute of International Education, United States
Alessia Lefébure, Columbia University, United States
Chapter 1: Is Asia the Next Higher Education Superpower?
Kishore Mahbubani, National University of Singapore
Tan Eng Chye, National University of Singapore
Chapter 2: Global University Rankings: Determining the Distance Between Asia and ‘Superpower Status’ in Higher Education
Miguel Lim, Aarhus University, Denmark
Chapter 3: The Knowledge Economy and the Transformational Dynamics of Education in Asia’s Emergent Economic Growth
Chaya R. Jain,Virginia State University, United States
Chapter 4: Systemic Challenges to Educational Quality and Global Competitiveness
Simon Marginson, University of London, United Kingdom
Chapter 5: Internationalization in Asian Higher Education in the Era of Globalization
Futao Huang, Hiroshima University, Japan
Chapter 6: Education Hubs in Asia: A Common Facade for Uncommon Futures
Jack T. Lee, University of Toronto, Canada
Chapter 7: Higher Education in India: Overcoming Mediocrity
Philip G. Altbach, Boston College, United States
Chapter 8: Locating Malaysia’s Place Within the ASEAN Higher Education Landscape: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Prospects
Mohd. Ismail Abd Aziz, Ministry of Education, Malaysia, and Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia
Doria Abdullah, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Chapter 9: Vietnam’s Higher Education System in Transition: The Struggle to Achieve Potential
Pham Thi Ly, Vietnam National University
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Vietnam
Martin Hayden, Southern Cross University, Australia
Chapter 10: Global Influences on the Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan: The Role of the Bologna Process and Other European Initiatives
Takao Kamibeppu, Tokyo Jogakkan College, Japan
Chapter 11: Role of Development Partners in Supporting Higher Education in Asia
Jouko Sarvi, Asian Development Bank, Philippines