This book examines four theses regarding Asian higher education and development: interplay between cultural traditions, economic development, globalization, and the evolution of the 'hybrid' university. Top scholars evaluate these hypotheses and determine the elements shaping the history and present circumstances of Asia-Pacific higher education.

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Sakarindr Bhumiratana, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Sheng-Ju Chan, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan John N. Hawkins, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Fasli Jalal, Indonesia National Population and Family Planning Board, Indonesia Molly N.N. Lee, Malaysia Ka Ho Mok, University of Hong Kong, China Deane E. Neubauer, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA Jung Cheol Shin, Seoul National University, Korea Xun, Yuan, East China Normal University, China Reiko Yamada, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan

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1. Introduction: Four Hypotheses of Higher Education Development; John N. Hawkins, Deane E. Neubauer, and Jung Cheol Shin PART I: CULTURAL TRADITION AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 2. Higher Education Development in East Asian Countries Focusing on Cultural Tradition and Economic Systems; Jung Cheol Shin 3. Between the East and the West: Challenges for Internationalizing Higher Education in Asia; Sheng-Ju Chan 4. East-West? Tradition and the Development of Hybrid Higher Education in Asia; John N. Hawkins 5. Situating Higher Education in China: From Universal History to the Research Paradigm; Yuan Xun PART II: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 6. Meeting Point of the East and the West: Globalizing or Localizing Higher Education in East Asia; Ka Ho Mok 7. Higher Education Development, Culture, and Economy in Indonesia; Fasli Jalal 8. Cultural and Historical Factors Influencing the Development of Higher Education in Thailand; Sakarindr Bhumiratana PART III: GLOBALIZATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 9. The Globalized University as the Next Stage in Higher Education Development; Deane E. Neubauer 10. Globalization Practices in Asia-Pacific Universities; Molly N. N. Lee 11. Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adopting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy; Reiko Yamada 12 Conclusion: Is There An Asian Hybrid University?; John N. Hawkins, Deane E. Neubauer, and Jung Cheol Shin)