A Critical Study of Thailand's Higher Education Reforms: The Culture of Borrowing

ISBN-13: 9781138575868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 210 str.

Rattana Lao

Opis

This book offers a critical examination of contemporary higher education reforms in Thailand situated in the broader historical, socio-economic and political changes.

Spis treści

1. Globalization of Higher Education Policy  2. Selective Borrowing and the Historical Development of Thai Higher Education  3. The Changing Role of the Thai State and Higher Education Administration  4. The Asian Economic Crisis as Window of Opportunity: Autonomous University  5. Internationalization of Teaching: Quantitative and Qualitative Challenges  6. The Politics of International Ranking and Thailand Research Landscape  7. The Emergence of Quality Policies and their Rationales  8. The Global-Local Nexus of Quality Policies: The Case of ONESQA  9. The Intended and Unintended Consquences of Quality Policies  10. The Culture of Borrowing and Thailand Reform Fatigue

O autorze

Rattana Lao received a doctorate in Comparative and International Education (Political Science) from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is currently a lecturer at Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University.