Higher Education in Southeast Asia
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There is rising interest paid to how higher education is developing across Asia. This timely volume provides readers with a comprehensive account of the higher education systems in one of the most compact regions in the world.
The chapters examine ten country case studies grouped in diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and political ecologies. From the and wealthy state of Singapore to mid-economies and multi-ethnic Malaysia, Philippines, and Vietnam, to the most populous Muslim country in the world, Indonesia. Post-conflict states include Cambodia and Timor- Leste; the non-colonial Thailand and recently government-reformed Myanmar; to the socialist state and sole landlocked country in the region, Lao PDR. The authors delve into the role of higher education for broader development and discuss issues relating to the higher education in each country, such as: quality, access, and equity; the roles of globalisation and internationalisation in higher education; governance; sustainable development; social responsibility; aid in education; the role of culture and religion in education; and more.
Higher Education in Southeast Asia provides a much-needed new perspective within higher education research, with key findings that have an important impact contextually that are also applicable on an international level.
Chapter 1. Higher Education in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges; Lorraine Pe Symaco
- Chapter 2. Higher Education in Cambodia; Say Sok and Rinna Bunry
- Chapter 3. Indonesian higher education: Issues in institutional and individual capacities; Nurdiana Gaus
- Chapter 4. Higher Education in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Nanludet Moxom and Richard Noonan
- Chapter 5. Higher Education in Malaysia; Cheong Kee Cheok
- Chapter 6. Higher Education in Myanmar: Coup, Conflict, and Educational Crisis; Mark Brown
- Chapter 7. Higher Education in the Philippines: Issues and Challenges; Maria Alicia Bustos-Orosa and Lorraine Pe Symaco
- Chapter 8. Higher Education in Singapore: Challenges for Institutions of Continuous Learning; Shien Chue
- Chapter 9. Higher Education in Thailand; Oliver S. Crocco and Sukanya Chaemchoy
- Chapter 10. Developing Higher Education in Timor-Leste: A Work in Progress; Margie Beck
- Chapter 11. Achieving Vietnam’s Sustainable Development Goals in the Higher Education Sector; Le-Nguyen Duc Chinh and Martin Hayden
Lorraine Pe Symaco is Professor at Zhejiang University, China. She was UNESCO chair in international and comparative educational research with special reference to Southeast Asia and Founding Director of the Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education (CRICE) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.