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TL;DR: The long historical and contemporary impact of Western academic models, practices and orientations on Asian universities in such countries as India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore shaped the nature of higher education systems in these countries as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The long historical and contemporary impact of Western academic models, practices and orientations on Asian universities in such countries as India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore shaped the nature of higher education systems in these countries. The Japanese colonial impact in Korea and Taiwan is also significant and an interesting variation on the colonial theme. Several Asian countries, including Thailand, Japan and China were not formally colonized, but the mixture of influence on the academic institutions that has developed in these countries reflects considerable Western influence. Contemporary factors such as the international knowledge system, the numbers of students studying in Western nations and patterns of scientific interaction also have a major impact on the growth of universities in Asia.

121 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a perspective on student political activism in the context of Comparative Education: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 97-110, 1989.
Abstract: (1989). Perspectives on Student Political Activism. Comparative Education: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 97-110.

108 citations


Book
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the Western impact on Asian higher education, including the non-colonization of higher education in Asia, and the emergence of modern universities in Korea and Taiwan.
Abstract: 1. Twisted roots: The Western impact on Asian higher education.- One: The Non-Colonial Experience.- 2. China's universities and Western academic models.- 3. Looking west and east: Thailand's academic development.- 4. Independence and choice: Western impacts on Japanese higher education.- Two: The European Colonial Tradition.- 5. The Western impact on Philippine higher education.- 6. The origin of modern Indonesian higher education.- 7. Indian higher education: Colonialism and beyond.- 8. Change amidst continuity: University development in Malaysia.- 9. University education in Singapore: The making of a national university.- Three: The Japanese Colonial Impact.- 10. The emergence of the modern university in Korea.- 11. The development of higher education in Taiwan.

100 citations


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TL;DR: The issues relating to foreign students and international study are complex and wide-ranging as discussed by the authors, as they carry knowledge from the industrialised nations to the Third World as they contribute to socio-economic development and also return home with Western values.
Abstract: Foreign students and international study are an increasingly important part of the higher education equation. With more than one million students studying outside of their borders worldwide, their influence is felt in many countries. Most foreign students come from the developing nations of the Third World and the main host nations are industrialised. Foreign students carry knowledge from the industrialised nations to the Third World as they contribute to socio-economic development and also return home with Western values. Most of the world's foreign students are self-funded but many Third World nations provide substantial expenditures for foreign students. Foreign study has also had an impact on Western academic systems and governments have in some cases imposed special fees on foreign students. The issues relating to foreign students and international study are complex and wide-ranging.

97 citations


Book
23 Aug 1989
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of student political activity in the United States, Africa, South Africa, and South Korea, focusing on the post-Sixties transformation.
Abstract: Introduction Perspectives on Student Political Activism Africa South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Asia China India Indonesia Israel Japan Malaysia Philippines South Korea Thailand Turkey Europe Federal Republic of Germany France Great Britain Italy Soviet Union Sweden Yugoslavia Latin America Latin American Student Politics: Beyond the 1960s Argentina Brazil Chile Cuba Mexico Peru Venezuela North America Canada Student Activism in the United States, 1905-1960 American Student Politics in the 1960s American Student Activism: The Post-Sixties Transformation Selected Bibliography Index

63 citations




Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: Textbooks are part of an international system of knowledge that affects virtually all intellectual endeavors as mentioned in this paper, and the fact that a relatively small number of countries dominate the world's knowledge system has an impact on textbooks as well as on other knowledge products.
Abstract: Textbooks are part of an international system of knowledge that affects virtually all intellectual endeavors. The fact is that a relatively small number of countries dominate the world's knowledge system, and this system has an impact on textbooks as well as on other knowledge products. School textbooks are assumed to be a product of a particular nation to be used in its educational system. Textbooks, despite the recent criticism of them in the United States, are virtual icons of education. Textbooks also have an important and rapidly expanding international dimension. In the industrialized nations, textbooks at the elementary and secondary school levels are, on the surface, domestic products. They are prepared to meet the needs of domestic educational systems and are not published for export. Educational policy-makers in the United States are increasingly concerned about how American students rank in comparison with their peers in other countries and what American students are learning in comparison with students abroad.

44 citations


Book
08 May 1989
TL;DR: The most inspiring book today from a very professional writer in the world, foreign students and international study bibliography and analysis 1984 1988 as mentioned in this paper is the book that many people waiting for to publish.
Abstract: Now welcome, the most inspiring book today from a very professional writer in the world, foreign students and international study bibliography and analysis 1984 1988. This is the book that many people in the world waiting for to publish. After the announced of this book, the book lovers are really curious to see how this book is actually. Are you one of them? That's very proper. You may not be regret now to seek for this book to read.

26 citations


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TL;DR: The Year of the Barricades: A Journey through 1968 by David Caute. New York: Pantheon, 1988. 513 pp. $19.95. Reunion: A Memoir by Tom Hayden as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The Year of the Barricades: A Journey through 1968 by David Caute. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. 513 pp. $24.95. 1968: A Student Generation in Revolt-an International Oral History edited by Ronald Fraser. New York: Pantheon, 1988. 408 pp. $24.95. The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage by Todd Gitlin. New York: Bantam, 1987. 513 pp. $19.95. Reunion: A Memoir by Tom Hayden. New York: Random House, 1988. 537 pp. $22.50.

2 citations


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TL;DR: The World Bank published a major reassessment of education in sub-Saharan Africa as discussed by the authors, which resulted from a great deal of pessimism about the accomplishments not only of education, but also of the economic and social development of African nations.
Abstract: Early in 1988, the World Bank published a major reassessment of education in sub-Saharan Africa.' This study resulted from a great deal of pessimism about the accomplishments not only of education in Africa but also of the economic and social development of African nations. The bank, which had lent funds for educational programs in Africa, was interested in knowing why progress had fallen short of expectations, particularly when Africa was compared to many Asian nations and some Latin American countries. The bank's report proved to be highly controversial. It analyzed some of the successes and failures of the bank's own lending for African education and also focused on broader educational issues, such as what was seen to be an overemphasis on higher education in Africa.