Asia is rapidly developing a wide variety of regional organizations and interactive patterns, reflecting in large part its increasing role in the global economic and political engagements. Higher Education constitutes a distinct sphere of activity within this overall pattern of regionalization.

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Dr. Jane KNIGHT, Adjunct Professor,Comparative International and Development Education Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,University of Toronto, Canada Dr. Molly Nyet Ngo LEE, Senior Programme Specialist for Higher Education,Coordinator of Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development, UNESCO Bangkok Office Dr. Miki SUGIMURA, Associate Professor,Department of Education,Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University, Japan Dr. Akiyoshi YONEZAWA, Associate Professor,Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan Arthur MEERMAN, post-doctorate, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University Wen WEN, Lecturer, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, China Dr. Krissanapong KIRTIKARA, Former Secretary General,Commission on Higher Education, Thailand Anthony R. WELCH, Professor of Education, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia Dr. Gina ORDONEZ, Independent Researcher, Philippines Professor Muhammad MUKHTAR, Vice Chancellor,The Islamic University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

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PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Introduction: Some Dynamics of Regionalization in Asia Pacific Higher Education; D.E.Neubauer A Conceptual Framework for the Regionalization of Higher Education: Application to Asia; J.Knight Regional Cooperation in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific; M.N.N.Lee The Function of Regional Networks in East Asian Higher Education; M.Sugimura PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Japanese Higher Education and Multilateral Initiatives in East Asia; A.Yonezawa & A.Meerman China's Role in the Emerging Reality of Asia Regional Higher Education; W.Wen Locating Indonesia within the Emergent Regionalism of Southeast Asian Higher Education; A.R.Welch The Philippines and the Global Labor Market: an Emergent form of Trans-regional Influence for Philippine Higher Education; G.Ordonez PART III: REGULATORY AND GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS Regional Cooperation and Competition in Tango: Transnationalization of Higher Education and the Emergence of Regionalism in Asia; K.H.Mok Institutional Autonomy in the Restructuring of University Governance; M.N.N.Lee The Challenges of Regionalism and Harmonization for Higher Education in Asia; J.Hawkins The Dynamics of Regionalization in Contemporary Asia Pacific Higher education; J.Hawkins , K.H.Mok , & D.Neubauer