This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education development; the way professors and students in the region are experiencing the rapid developments; and the challenges imposed by mass higher education. These challenges include the quality of education as well as structural changes in the rapidly developing systems, funding sources for supporting mass higher education, and job markets for college graduates.
Part I discusses how the East Asian countries have accomplished or are in the process...
This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education deve...
China has huge ethnic minorities - over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language...
China has huge ethnic minorities - over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority l...
This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education development; the way professors and students in the region are experiencing the rapid developments; and the challenges imposed by mass higher education. These challenges include the quality of education as well as structural changes in the rapidly developing systems, funding sources for supporting mass higher education, and job markets for college graduates.
Part I discusses how the East Asian countries have accomplished or are in the process...
This book discusses mass higher education development in East Asian countries by means of three main issues: the strategy for higher education deve...