This concluding article aims to pull together the analysis undertaken in the preceding
articles in this special issue. By sketching an overview of the university reforms and …

The Singapore government has put forward a comprehensive restructuring program of
university education since the 1990s. Public universities in Singapore are going to be …

The views and opinions expressed in this booklet are those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the views of UNESCO or of the IIEP. The designations employed and …

For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of both Japanese
government higher education policy and approaches to reform at an institutional level, but …

Reforms in higher education are very often driven by both financial considerations and by
efforts to improve the quality and relevance of courses and programmes of study …

University education has been thrust into the limelight by policymakers in Hong Kong and
Singapore in recent years. Reforming university education thus has become a norm for both …

This article sets out in the context of globalization to identify, examine and discuss issues
related to structural adjustment and educational restructuring in China, with particular …

Japanese higher education institutions have experienced major reforms in the 1990s. These
reforms were voluntarily promoted by the universities, and were aimed at transforming …

Universities are playing an increasingly more important role in society. Australia and China
are great countries in the world with Australia being a model for western and English …

The means by which higher educational institutions in China are organized and managed
have undergone a process of reorientation in line with significant socio-political …