Higher Education Access in the Asia Pacific
Privilege or Human Right?
Editors: Collins, Christopher S., Buasuwan, Prompilai (Eds.)
Free Preview- Examines how societal values and public funding shape beliefs about the function of higher education in society
- Explores how higher education compares to other human rights, and if there is a ranking of importance when it comes to rights
- Includes cultural analyses from regions, nation-states, and economies that sort out the degree to which the hypotheses outlined by Neubauer, Shin, and Hawkins (2013) play a role in the conceptualization of higher education as a human right
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This edited volume offers empirical, evaluative, and philosophical perspectives on the question of higher education as a human right in the Asia Pacific. Throughout the region, higher education has grown rapidly in a variety of ways. Price, accessibility, mobility, and government funding are all key areas of interest, which likely shape the degree to which higher education may be viewed as a human right. Although enrollments continue to grow in many higher education systems, protests related to fees and other equity issues continue to grow. This volume will include scholarly perspectives from around the region for a more extensive understanding of higher education as a human right in the Asia Pacific.
- About the authors
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Christopher S. Collins is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University, USA. He studies the function of higher education in society from a global perspective and has recently published multiple edited volumes on the Asia Pacific region with Palgrave Macmillan.
Prompilai Buasuwan is Head of the Department of Education and Associate Professor in the Program of Educational Administration at Kasetsart University, Thailand. Her main research interests include quality of education, university and community engagement, internationalization of education, and educational policy analysis and evaluation.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Higher Education as a Human Right
Pages 1-9
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Education as a Praxis of Soul Consciousness: Insinuations of Liberation Pedagogies in Higher Education and Human Rights Discourse
Pages 11-21
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Higher Education as a Symbol of Equal Rights in South Korea
Pages 23-39
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Democratization of Access and Quality in Post-conflict Timor Leste
Pages 41-54
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Higher Education as a Human Right in North Korea
Pages 55-75
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Higher Education Access in the Asia Pacific
- Book Subtitle
- Privilege or Human Right?
- Editors
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- Christopher S. Collins
- Prompilai Buasuwan
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-58670-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-58670-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-58669-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 166
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
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