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Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities

Implementing Massification in Higher Education

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Editors:
  1. Deane E. Neubauer

    1. East-West Center, Asia Pacific Higher Education Research, Honolulu, USA

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  2. Catherine Gomes

    1. RMIT University, School of Media and Communication, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Offers extended discussion and discourse on quality issues at the university level in modern higher education systems
  • Examines how university quality is being manifested, analyzed, and measured within a range of specific institutions and historical contexts
  • Explores the new development of self-accreditation in Asian nations aimed at enhancing institutional autonomy as well as promoting an institution’s internal quality mechanism

Part of the book series: International and Development Education (INTDE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Creating Cultures of Quality Within Asia Pacific Higher Education Institutions

    • Deane E. Neubauer, Catherine Gomes
    Pages 1-17

  3. Country Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Development of the Self-Accrediting System in Taiwan and Its Impact on Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Fu Jen Catholic University

      • Angela Yung Chi Hou, Wen Huey Tsui, Karen Hui-Jung Chen
      Pages 21-36

    3. From Strategic Thinking to a Plan of Action: The Process of Mapping Organizational Quality: A Case Study of the USC Rossier School of Education

      • Cathryn L. Dhanatya
      Pages 37-53

    4. Assuring Quality in Transnational Higher Education: A Case Study of Sino-Foreign Cooperation University in China

      • Han Xiao, Xiaojun Zhang
      Pages 55-69

    5. Creative Moments in Company: A Quality Pursuing Case of an International Graduate Education Program in a Chinese University

      • Hong Zhu, Nneoma Grace L. Egbuonu
      Pages 71-89

    6. Higher Education Massification and Quality Assurance in Vietnam: A Case Study of Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City

      • Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhat, Pham Thi Bich
      Pages 91-108

    7. Quality Assurance in the Era of Mass Higher Education in Japan

      • Shangbo Li
      Pages 109-119

    8. Quality Assurance and Quality Culture at a Public Higher Education Institution: A View from Within

      • Fauza Ab. Ghaffar, A. Abrizah
      Pages 121-133

  4. Extending the Research of HE Quality Assurance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Creating a Culture of Quality: Navigating Change Toward a Culturally Responsive General Education Program

      • Valentina M. Abordonado
      Pages 137-149

    3. Casting the Net Wider: Coping with an Increasingly Diverse International Student Body in Australia

      • Catherine Gomes
      Pages 151-167

    4. Conclusion: When All Is Said and Done

      • Deane E. Neubauer, Catherine Gomes
      Pages 169-180

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 181-189
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About this book

This edited volume examines the importance of quality issues in contemporary higher education systems in the Asia Pacific. Part One foregrounds relevant discussions of ‘quality’ within today’s globalized, interconnected, and complex higher education systems while Part Two focuses on selected universities in the Asia Pacific region. Chapter contributors discuss how quality issues and quality assurance mechanisms are implemented in their situation-specific systems. Part Three extends the research of higher education quality assurance in Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) and the diverse international student body in the Australian higher education system. The conclusion chapter discusses a typology of methods used by higher education systems in establishing effective quality assurance mechanisms. 

Reviews

 

“Neubauer and Gomes have assembled diverse and rich perspectives on the challenges facing higher education in the Asia Pacific region. They point to ways of assessing quality on a continuum, against transnational standards, and in achieving strategic plans.” (William M. Plater, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs, Philanthropic Studies, and English, Indiana University, USA) 

“This timely volume delves deeply into what quality means for institutions, and how they ensure, assure, and demonstrate quality. The editors develop a useful device for institutions to consider in their journey towards quality. This book deserves the attention of institutional leaders, funding agencies, and all concerned with the quality of our higher education institutions.” (Lily Kong, Provost; Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University)

Editors and Affiliations

  • East-West Center, Asia Pacific Higher Education Research, Honolulu, USA

    Deane E. Neubauer

  • RMIT University, School of Media and Communication, Melbourne, Australia

    Catherine Gomes

About the editors

Deane E. Neubauer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA, and Co-Director of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership.


Catherine Gomes is Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, Australia. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities

  • Book Subtitle: Implementing Massification in Higher Education

  • Editors: Deane E. Neubauer, Catherine Gomes

  • Series Title: International and Development Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46109-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83443-6Published: 08 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46109-0Published: 28 February 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2731-6424

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6432

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 189

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education, Higher Education

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