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Access, Equity, and Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education

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Editors:
  1. Deane Neubauer
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  2. Yoshiro Tanaka
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Part of the book series: International and Development Education (INTDE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction—Access, Equity, and Capacity

    • Deane Neubauer, Yoshiro Tanaka
    Pages 1-4

  3. Access, Equity, Capacity—Initiating Some Distinctions

    • John N. Hawkins, Deane Neubauer
    Pages 5-13

  4. Variations on Equity and Access in Higher Education in Asia

    • John N. Hawkins
    Pages 15-29

  5. Defining and Measuring Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education

    • Deane Neubauer
    Pages 31-47

  6. A New World Order? The Emergence of “Structured Opportunity Markets” in Higher Education

    • John Aubrey Douglass
    Pages 49-70

  7. Equity and Access in a Constantly Expanding Indonesian Higher Education System

    • Irwan Abdullah
    Pages 71-82

  8. Quality as Key in Vietnam’s Passage to Educational Integration

    • Bui Phuong Lan
    Pages 83-97

  9. The Dilemma of Higher Education Policy Choices in Japan

    • Yoshiro Tanaka
    Pages 99-113

  10. Aligning Capacity with Needs in the Process of Massification of Higher Education in China: Northeast Normal University as a Case

    • Yang Zhong
    Pages 115-125

  11. Access, Equity, and Capacity: Concepts and Practices versus National Development and Demographic Shifts in Malaysian Higher Education

    • Syed Ahmad Bin Hussein, Zita H. J. Mohd Fahmi, Balakrishna Vassu
    Pages 127-138

  12. Social Justice, Equal Access, and Stratification of Higher Education in Taiwan

    • Shen-Keng Yang, Kent Sheng Yao Cheng
    Pages 139-153

  13. Access, Equity, and Capacity: Managing Trade-offs in the Philippines

    • Edilberto De Jesus
    Pages 155-170

  14. The Effect of Cross-Border Provision on Higher Education Access, Equity, and Capacity in the Asia-Pacific Region

    • Christopher Ziguras
    Pages 171-186

  15. Tensions between Autonomy and Accountability: Access, Equity, and Capacity in Korean Higher Education

    • Minho Yeom
    Pages 187-208

  16. Two Decades of Rapid Higher Education Change: Losses and Gains in Equity, Capacity, and Access in Asia-Pacific Higher Education

    • Deane Neubauer, Yoshiro Tanaka
    Pages 209-219

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 221-232
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Higher education is growing most rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, and policy makers are facing the task of balancing quality and quantity. This book will help readers understand the current situation of higher education not only in this region but everywhere that they may work.' - Shinichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima University, Japan

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"Higher education is growing most rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, and thus university people as well as policy makers are facing the difficult task of balancing quality and quantity. This book will help readers understand the current situation of higher education not only in the Asia-Pacific region but everywhere that they may work." - Shinichi Yamamoto, Hiroshima University

"This volume explores the policy debates and dilemmas in promoting the agenda of a knowledge society. Access, equity, and capacity are inextricably intertwined and policy paradoxes are many as is illustrated across Asia. Policymakers andscholars willbenefit immensely from the experiences reported and ably framed by the editors." - Hazman Shah Abdullah, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Quality Assurance), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

About the authors

Deane E. Neubauer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA and Senior Advisor to the International Forum for Education program at the East-West Center, Honolulu, USA.

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