This historical study of higher education in Thailand argues that from the onset, it has been
based on international models in scope and nature. The impact of colonisation across South …

The global market gives nation-states no choice but to be subject to its rules. As a result,
they need to modify themselves to meet its requirements in order to gain access to the …

The case of higher educational development in Thailand is intriguing in the sense that the
country, with the deep religious root of Buddhism, was never colonized; however, the …

ABSTRACT In 1945 when the Chinese Government took control of Taiwan from the
vanquished Japanese, there were three insti tutions of higher education in that province. By …

As Western modernity has achieved global proportions, the race for development in non-
Western countries feeds back and reinforces the compulsive attempt to" keep up," in a …

Since 1949, the higher education systems in mainland China and Taiwan have been
developed in disparate geopolitical and social contexts, but have faced similar dilemmas …

Taiwan higher education institutions are facing great challenges arising from both global
and local sources. Global pressures brought forth by need to have a presence within the …

This chapter is about the development of higher education expansion in Taiwan as well as
the relevant challenges stemming from such development. Taiwan's higher education …

The shift from “government” to “governance” has been widely debated both in the West,
where the debate originated, and in the Asia‐Pacific, where it is a strong emergent theme. In …

This study aims to scrutinize the antecedents that force the evolution of Taiwanese higher
education from an elite to a universal system in the past two decades. From policy …