Managing International Connectivity, Diversity of Learning and Changing Labour Markets

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

3. Recent Trends and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Widely Recognized Problems, Controversial Solutions: Issues and Strategies for Higher Education Development in East and Southeast Asia

      • David Chapman, Jouko Sarvi

      Pages 25-46

   3. Internationalization and Transnationalization of Higher Education: A Review of the Asia Pacific Region

      • Ka Ho Mok, Xiao Han

      Pages 47-72

   4. Qualification Recognition of Joint Degrees in Europe and Asia in the Era of Massification

      • Angela Yung-chi Hou

      Pages 73-88

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

5. International Connectivity and Managing Diversity in Student Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Getting Connected with the Global World: The Promotion of Internationalization in University Campuses in Hong Kong and China

      • Li Wang, Xiao Han

      Pages 151-167

   3. Comparison of Student Experiences in the Era of Massification: Analysis of Student Data from Japan, Korea and the USA

      • Reiko Yamada

      Pages 169-186

   4. Perceived Discrimination and Integration Among New Arrivals from Mainland China: Implications for Higher Education Development for Hong Kong

      • Isabella F. S. Ng, Kee Lee Chou, Winky K. F. Wong

      Pages 187-198

6. Managing Labour Market Changes and Employment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. Massification of Higher Education and Labour Market: The Case of Taiwan

      • Sheng-Ju Chan

      Pages 201-218

   3. Massification of Higher Education: Challenges for Admissions and Graduate Employment in China

      • Ka Ho Mok, Jin Jiang

      Pages 219-243

   4. Teaching the Dragon? The Diffusion of European Union’s Social and Employment Policies to China

      • Minna van Gerven, Yang Weiguo

      Pages 245-261

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.

• diversity of learning
• entrepreneurship and higher education
• higher education development in asia
• higher education systems
• international connectivity
• internationalizing higher education
• regional connectivity
• students' global competence
• urban governance
• learning and instruction

• Lingnan University , Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Ka Ho Mok

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.

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