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Managing International Connectivity, Diversity of Learning and Changing Labour Markets

East Asian Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Ka Ho Mok

    1. Lingnan University , Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  • Examines how major Asian cities have enhanced their global competitiveness by transforming higher education systems to equip students with global competence
  • Compares how governments are responding to the challenges of international connectivity, and how they are managing the diversity of populations in a globalized world
  • Discusses the policy implications and complexities for university governance in light of the privatization and massification that higher education is currently experiencing in Asia
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Promoting International Connectivity and Seeking Global Competitiveness: Issues and Challenges

    • Ka Ho Mok
    Pages 1-21

  4. Managing Global Competition and Regional Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Higher Education Activities in World Cities: A Spatial Study of Global Leadership and Connectivity

      • Alice S. Y. Chow, Becky P. Y. Loo
      Pages 91-104

    3. Global City Tokyo and the Lives of University Academics in Japan

      • Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Kaoru Sato, Ginko Kawano
      Pages 105-121

    4. Higher Education Industry in Hong Kong and Singapore: Reflections on a Decade of Expansion

      • William Yat Wai Lo
      Pages 123-134

    5. Singapore as a Global Schoolhouse: A Critical Review

      • Eng Thye Jason Tan
      Pages 135-147
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About this book

This book examines how major Asian cities have enhanced their global competitiveness by transforming their higher education systems to equip their graduates with global competence. It primarily focuses on policy implications and urban governance, especially comparing how governments are responding to the growing challenges of international connectivity and are managing the diversity of populations resulting from an increasingly globalized world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lingnan University , Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Ka Ho Mok

About the editor

Professor Ka Ho Mok is the Vice President and Chair Professor of Comparative Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Professor Mok has researched and published extensively in the fields of comparative education policy and governance, with particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. He is also a core partner and researcher at the Centre for Global Higher Education, UCL Institute of Education, the world’s largest centre for international and global higher education research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Managing International Connectivity, Diversity of Learning and Changing Labour Markets

  • Book Subtitle: East Asian Perspectives

  • Editors: Ka Ho Mok

  • Series Title: Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1736-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1734-6Published: 18 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9434-7Published: 12 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1736-0Published: 10 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2365-6352

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-6360

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 261

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Learning & Instruction, International and Comparative Education

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