From Dependence to Autonomy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Twisted roots: The Western impact on Asian higher education

   1. Twisted roots: The Western impact on Asian higher education

      • Philip G. Altbach

      Pages 1-21

3. The non-colonial experience

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. China’s universities and Western academic models

      • Ruth Hayhoe

      Pages 25-61

   3. Looking west and east: Thailand’s academic development

      • Keith Watson

      Pages 63-95

   4. Independence and choice: Western impacts on Japanese higher education

      • Shigeru Nakayama

      Pages 97-114

4. The European colonial tradition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. The Western impact on Philippine higher education

      • Andrew Gonzalez

      Pages 117-141

   3. The origin of modern Indonesian higher education

      • William K. Cummings, Salman Kasenda

      Pages 143-166

   4. Indian higher education: Colonialism and beyond

      • Aparna Basu

      Pages 167-186

   5. Change admist continuity: University development in Malaysia

      • Viswanathan Selvaratnam

      Pages 187-205

   6. University education in Singapore: The making of a national university

      • S. Gopinathan

      Pages 207-224

5. The Japanese colonial impact

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. The emergence of the modern university in Korea

      • Sungho Lee

      Pages 227-256

   3. The development of higher education in Taiwan

      • Wen-Hsing Wu, Shun-Fen Chen, Chen-Tsou Wu

      Pages 257-276

6. Back Matter

   Pages 277-278

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This book is an example of an international editorial enterprise. The two editors, located in the United States and Singapore, coordinated a team of authors in ten countries. Linked by common concerns, the lengthy process of preparing such a complex volume proved to be a pleasantly cooperative task - proof that there is a kind of invisible college of colleagues working on similar topics in different countries. This book is also an indication that scholars from the Third World and the industrialized nations can work together in a spirit of equality and understanding. This project has an interesting origin. It was first discussed at a conference on ASEAN - American higher education held in Malaysia in 1985, sponsored by the Regional Institute for Higher Education and Development, then headed by V. Selvaratnam and funded by the Asia Foundation and the Lee Foundation. At the time, geographical coverage was to be limited to the ASEAN nations. We also sought external funding, without success, to assist us in developing the project. Due to lack of funding, the project languished for a year. When one of our original participants, Andrew Gonzales of the Philippines, produced an essay, we decided to proceed without funding. We also decided to add several additional key Asian nations that we felt would provide additional analytic scope to the book. The result of this somewhat unusual collaborative effort is this volume.

• education
• funding
• higher education
• research

• Comparative Education Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA

  Philip G. Altbach

• Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA

  Philip G. Altbach

• Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Viswanathan Selvaratnam

• Regional Institute for Higher Education and Development, Singapore

  Viswanathan Selvaratnam

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