Putting higher education to work [[electronic resource] ] : skills and research for growth in East Asia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 378.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Di GropelloEmanuela |
Collana | World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Report |
Soggetto topico | Education, Higher - East Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-44663-4
9786613446633 0-8213-8911-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Summary; Despite impressive gains, higher education could contribute even more to East Asia's development agenda; Five disconnects; Public policy and its three pillars; Country priorities, policies, and reform; Notes; 1 Higher Education for Growth through Skills and Research; East Asia's economic landscape; Role and impact of higher education; From higher education to growth: Skills and research; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Is Higher Education Meeting Its Promises?; Higher education and skills for growth: The main issues
Quantity of higher education graduatesQuality of higher education graduates; Research and innovation; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Disconnects in Higher Education; The first disconnect: Between higher education and employers (skill users); The second disconnect: Between higher education and companies (research users); The third disconnect: Between higher education and research institutions (research providers); The fourth disconnect: Among higher education institutions themselves and between these institutions and training providers (horizontal disconnect across skill providers) The fifth disconnect: Between higher education and earlier education (schools) (vertical disconnect across skill providers)Conclusion and moving forward; Notes; 4 Financing Higher Education; Financing needs; How to fund priority activities; Summary of policy priorities; Notes; 5 Managing Public Higher Education; Global moves to autonomy; Autonomy for low- and middle-income East Asia; Two fundamental issues; Moving forward; Notes; 6 Providing Stewardship for Higher Education; Providing effective coordination among government bodies; Steering private delivery Encouraging effective university-industry linksStewardship of the internationalization of higher education; Notes; Appendixes; A Number and Type of Higher Education Institutions in East Asia; B Economic Indicators; C Trends in Returns to Skill and Share of Skilled Workers, by Sector; D Changes in Wage and Industry Education Premiums, by Subsector; E Openness, Technology, and Demand for Tertiary Graduates, Regression Tables; F Demand for Job-Specific and Generic Skills in East Asia; G Determinants of Skill Gap Indicators; H Reasons for Skill Shortages in East Asia I Comparative Demand- and Supply-Side IndicatorsJ Skill Gaps in East Asia; K Skill Gaps across Professionals and Skilled Workers in Indonesia and the Philippines; L Doctoral Degrees Earned in Science and Engineering; M Simulations for Financing Higher Education; References; Boxes; 1.1 Private and public benefits of higher education; 1.2 Defining skills; 1.3 A snapshot of skills for innovation in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; 1.4 Skills for the future; 2.1 Preventing wasted talent in East Asia; 3.1 Poor diversification in Cambodian higher education 3.2 The rationale for public intervention in higher education |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457210403321 |
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Putting higher education to work : : skills and research for growth in East Asia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | xix, 222 pages : color illustrations ; ; 27 cm |
Disciplina | 378.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Di GropelloEmanuela |
Collana | World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Report |
Soggetto topico | Education, Higher - East Asia |
ISBN |
1-283-44663-4
9786613446633 0-8213-8911-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Summary; Despite impressive gains, higher education could contribute even more to East Asia's development agenda; Five disconnects; Public policy and its three pillars; Country priorities, policies, and reform; Notes; 1 Higher Education for Growth through Skills and Research; East Asia's economic landscape; Role and impact of higher education; From higher education to growth: Skills and research; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Is Higher Education Meeting Its Promises?; Higher education and skills for growth: The main issues
Quantity of higher education graduatesQuality of higher education graduates; Research and innovation; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Disconnects in Higher Education; The first disconnect: Between higher education and employers (skill users); The second disconnect: Between higher education and companies (research users); The third disconnect: Between higher education and research institutions (research providers); The fourth disconnect: Among higher education institutions themselves and between these institutions and training providers (horizontal disconnect across skill providers) The fifth disconnect: Between higher education and earlier education (schools) (vertical disconnect across skill providers)Conclusion and moving forward; Notes; 4 Financing Higher Education; Financing needs; How to fund priority activities; Summary of policy priorities; Notes; 5 Managing Public Higher Education; Global moves to autonomy; Autonomy for low- and middle-income East Asia; Two fundamental issues; Moving forward; Notes; 6 Providing Stewardship for Higher Education; Providing effective coordination among government bodies; Steering private delivery Encouraging effective university-industry linksStewardship of the internationalization of higher education; Notes; Appendixes; A Number and Type of Higher Education Institutions in East Asia; B Economic Indicators; C Trends in Returns to Skill and Share of Skilled Workers, by Sector; D Changes in Wage and Industry Education Premiums, by Subsector; E Openness, Technology, and Demand for Tertiary Graduates, Regression Tables; F Demand for Job-Specific and Generic Skills in East Asia; G Determinants of Skill Gap Indicators; H Reasons for Skill Shortages in East Asia I Comparative Demand- and Supply-Side IndicatorsJ Skill Gaps in East Asia; K Skill Gaps across Professionals and Skilled Workers in Indonesia and the Philippines; L Doctoral Degrees Earned in Science and Engineering; M Simulations for Financing Higher Education; References; Boxes; 1.1 Private and public benefits of higher education; 1.2 Defining skills; 1.3 A snapshot of skills for innovation in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; 1.4 Skills for the future; 2.1 Preventing wasted talent in East Asia; 3.1 Poor diversification in Cambodian higher education 3.2 The rationale for public intervention in higher education |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781518603321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank | ||
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Putting higher education to work : : skills and research for growth in East Asia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | xix, 222 pages : color illustrations ; ; 27 cm |
Disciplina | 378.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Di GropelloEmanuela |
Collana | World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Report |
Soggetto topico | Education, Higher - East Asia |
ISBN |
1-283-44663-4
9786613446633 0-8213-8911-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Summary; Despite impressive gains, higher education could contribute even more to East Asia's development agenda; Five disconnects; Public policy and its three pillars; Country priorities, policies, and reform; Notes; 1 Higher Education for Growth through Skills and Research; East Asia's economic landscape; Role and impact of higher education; From higher education to growth: Skills and research; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Is Higher Education Meeting Its Promises?; Higher education and skills for growth: The main issues
Quantity of higher education graduatesQuality of higher education graduates; Research and innovation; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Disconnects in Higher Education; The first disconnect: Between higher education and employers (skill users); The second disconnect: Between higher education and companies (research users); The third disconnect: Between higher education and research institutions (research providers); The fourth disconnect: Among higher education institutions themselves and between these institutions and training providers (horizontal disconnect across skill providers) The fifth disconnect: Between higher education and earlier education (schools) (vertical disconnect across skill providers)Conclusion and moving forward; Notes; 4 Financing Higher Education; Financing needs; How to fund priority activities; Summary of policy priorities; Notes; 5 Managing Public Higher Education; Global moves to autonomy; Autonomy for low- and middle-income East Asia; Two fundamental issues; Moving forward; Notes; 6 Providing Stewardship for Higher Education; Providing effective coordination among government bodies; Steering private delivery Encouraging effective university-industry linksStewardship of the internationalization of higher education; Notes; Appendixes; A Number and Type of Higher Education Institutions in East Asia; B Economic Indicators; C Trends in Returns to Skill and Share of Skilled Workers, by Sector; D Changes in Wage and Industry Education Premiums, by Subsector; E Openness, Technology, and Demand for Tertiary Graduates, Regression Tables; F Demand for Job-Specific and Generic Skills in East Asia; G Determinants of Skill Gap Indicators; H Reasons for Skill Shortages in East Asia I Comparative Demand- and Supply-Side IndicatorsJ Skill Gaps in East Asia; K Skill Gaps across Professionals and Skilled Workers in Indonesia and the Philippines; L Doctoral Degrees Earned in Science and Engineering; M Simulations for Financing Higher Education; References; Boxes; 1.1 Private and public benefits of higher education; 1.2 Defining skills; 1.3 A snapshot of skills for innovation in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; 1.4 Skills for the future; 2.1 Preventing wasted talent in East Asia; 3.1 Poor diversification in Cambodian higher education 3.2 The rationale for public intervention in higher education |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818915003321 |
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Wang gungwu [[electronic resource] ] : educator and scholar / / editors, Zheng Yongnian, Phua Kok Khoo |
Autore | Wang Gungwu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 370.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZhengYongnian
PhuaK. K |
Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - East Asia
Education, Higher - Pacific Area Educational change - East Asia Educational change - Pacific Area |
ISBN |
1-283-90011-4
981-4436-63-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Part I Wang Gungwu on Higher Education; 1 The University and the Community; The University and the Community; 2 National Education and the Scientific Tradition; 3 Who Should Pay for Universities?; 4 A Very Peculiar Business; 5 The University as a Global Institution; From Periphery to Centre; Unity in Diversity; Propensity for Free Trade in Knowledge and Ideas; Alternative Visions; 6 The Asian Renaissance; 7 Cities Light Torch of Excellence; 8 Lessons Closer to Home; 9 The Asia-Pacific: Region and Universalism in Higher Education
What Regionalism Means in Asia-PacificThe Universalism Phenomenon; The Four Approaches to Standards of Excellence; 10 The Modern University in Australia and Asia; The Heritage; The Challenge; 11 Social Science and Asia; Stages of Knowledge Evolution; Changing Political Climates; Creativity of Asian Origins; Amartya Sen; Ranajit Guha; Edward Said; Francis Fukuyama; Kenichi Ohmae; Variously "Asian" Creativity; The Fact of Unshared Histories; The Challenge of Social Science in Asia; 12 Shifting Paradigms and Asian Perspectives: Implications for Research and Teaching; Situational shifts Knowledge-driven shifts brought to AsiaNotes; 13 The Classics and the East Asian Entrepreneur; 14 Universities and Modernity for Asia; First, what kind of modernity should universities be committed to?; This leads to my second question. Should universities in Asia today continue to accept the criteria of excellence identified in the developed West?; Perhaps one could ask, how far should universities go to pursue the goal of modernity?; 15 New Interest in Old Powers; 16 Change and Adaptation: NUS at 100; The Horizons of Different Singapores; The first Singapore; The second Singapore The third SingaporeAcademic Transitions; 17 The Chinese Pursuit of Higher Education; The Heritage; Willingness to Change; Double Reaction: from Mao to Deng; 18 New University, Three Generations: China, Malaya, Singapore 1949-2007; The China Presence; The Malaya Dream; The Singapore Remaking; Concluding Thoughts; 19 Versailles' Chinese Legacy; 20 Commonwealth Universities in Eastern Asia; Future Challenges; 21 You've Come a Long Way; 22 Academic Blind Spot in Asia; 23 English Rules the Waves; 24 Rise of Anglo-Chinese; Part II Wang Gungwu and His Works; His Authored Works The Nanhai Trade: The Early History of Chinese Trade in the South China Sea*A Short History of the Nanyang Chinese; The Structure of Power in North China during the Five Dynasties; China and the World since 1949: The Impact of Independence, Modernity and Revolution; Community and Nation: Essays on Southeast Asia and the Chinese; Community and Nation: China, Southeast Asia and Australia (New Edition); Southeast Asia and the Chinese; The Use of History; China and the Chinese Overseas; The Chineseness of China - Selected Essays; The Chinese Way: China's Position in International Relations China and Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats and Culture |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788622003321 |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 | ||
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Wang gungwu [[electronic resource] ] : educator and scholar / / editors, Zheng Yongnian, Phua Kok Khoo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 370.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZhengYongnian
PhuaK. K |
Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - East Asia
Education, Higher - Pacific Area Educational change - East Asia Educational change - Pacific Area |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-90011-4
981-4436-63-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Part I Wang Gungwu on Higher Education; 1 The University and the Community; The University and the Community; 2 National Education and the Scientific Tradition; 3 Who Should Pay for Universities?; 4 A Very Peculiar Business; 5 The University as a Global Institution; From Periphery to Centre; Unity in Diversity; Propensity for Free Trade in Knowledge and Ideas; Alternative Visions; 6 The Asian Renaissance; 7 Cities Light Torch of Excellence; 8 Lessons Closer to Home; 9 The Asia-Pacific: Region and Universalism in Higher Education
What Regionalism Means in Asia-PacificThe Universalism Phenomenon; The Four Approaches to Standards of Excellence; 10 The Modern University in Australia and Asia; The Heritage; The Challenge; 11 Social Science and Asia; Stages of Knowledge Evolution; Changing Political Climates; Creativity of Asian Origins; Amartya Sen; Ranajit Guha; Edward Said; Francis Fukuyama; Kenichi Ohmae; Variously "Asian" Creativity; The Fact of Unshared Histories; The Challenge of Social Science in Asia; 12 Shifting Paradigms and Asian Perspectives: Implications for Research and Teaching; Situational shifts Knowledge-driven shifts brought to AsiaNotes; 13 The Classics and the East Asian Entrepreneur; 14 Universities and Modernity for Asia; First, what kind of modernity should universities be committed to?; This leads to my second question. Should universities in Asia today continue to accept the criteria of excellence identified in the developed West?; Perhaps one could ask, how far should universities go to pursue the goal of modernity?; 15 New Interest in Old Powers; 16 Change and Adaptation: NUS at 100; The Horizons of Different Singapores; The first Singapore; The second Singapore The third SingaporeAcademic Transitions; 17 The Chinese Pursuit of Higher Education; The Heritage; Willingness to Change; Double Reaction: from Mao to Deng; 18 New University, Three Generations: China, Malaya, Singapore 1949-2007; The China Presence; The Malaya Dream; The Singapore Remaking; Concluding Thoughts; 19 Versailles' Chinese Legacy; 20 Commonwealth Universities in Eastern Asia; Future Challenges; 21 You've Come a Long Way; 22 Academic Blind Spot in Asia; 23 English Rules the Waves; 24 Rise of Anglo-Chinese; Part II Wang Gungwu and His Works; His Authored Works The Nanhai Trade: The Early History of Chinese Trade in the South China Sea*A Short History of the Nanyang Chinese; The Structure of Power in North China during the Five Dynasties; China and the World since 1949: The Impact of Independence, Modernity and Revolution; Community and Nation: Essays on Southeast Asia and the Chinese; Community and Nation: China, Southeast Asia and Australia (New Edition); Southeast Asia and the Chinese; The Use of History; China and the Chinese Overseas; The Chineseness of China - Selected Essays; The Chinese Way: China's Position in International Relations China and Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats and Culture |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463955203321 |
Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 | ||
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Wang gungwu : educator and scholar / / editors, Zheng Yongnian, Phua Kok Khoo |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (426 p.) |
Disciplina | 370.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ZhengYongnian
PhuaK. K |
Soggetto topico |
Education, Higher - East Asia
Education, Higher - Pacific Area Educational change - East Asia Educational change - Pacific Area |
ISBN |
1-283-90011-4
981-4436-63-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Part I Wang Gungwu on Higher Education; 1 The University and the Community; The University and the Community; 2 National Education and the Scientific Tradition; 3 Who Should Pay for Universities?; 4 A Very Peculiar Business; 5 The University as a Global Institution; From Periphery to Centre; Unity in Diversity; Propensity for Free Trade in Knowledge and Ideas; Alternative Visions; 6 The Asian Renaissance; 7 Cities Light Torch of Excellence; 8 Lessons Closer to Home; 9 The Asia-Pacific: Region and Universalism in Higher Education
What Regionalism Means in Asia-PacificThe Universalism Phenomenon; The Four Approaches to Standards of Excellence; 10 The Modern University in Australia and Asia; The Heritage; The Challenge; 11 Social Science and Asia; Stages of Knowledge Evolution; Changing Political Climates; Creativity of Asian Origins; Amartya Sen; Ranajit Guha; Edward Said; Francis Fukuyama; Kenichi Ohmae; Variously "Asian" Creativity; The Fact of Unshared Histories; The Challenge of Social Science in Asia; 12 Shifting Paradigms and Asian Perspectives: Implications for Research and Teaching; Situational shifts Knowledge-driven shifts brought to AsiaNotes; 13 The Classics and the East Asian Entrepreneur; 14 Universities and Modernity for Asia; First, what kind of modernity should universities be committed to?; This leads to my second question. Should universities in Asia today continue to accept the criteria of excellence identified in the developed West?; Perhaps one could ask, how far should universities go to pursue the goal of modernity?; 15 New Interest in Old Powers; 16 Change and Adaptation: NUS at 100; The Horizons of Different Singapores; The first Singapore; The second Singapore The third SingaporeAcademic Transitions; 17 The Chinese Pursuit of Higher Education; The Heritage; Willingness to Change; Double Reaction: from Mao to Deng; 18 New University, Three Generations: China, Malaya, Singapore 1949-2007; The China Presence; The Malaya Dream; The Singapore Remaking; Concluding Thoughts; 19 Versailles' Chinese Legacy; 20 Commonwealth Universities in Eastern Asia; Future Challenges; 21 You've Come a Long Way; 22 Academic Blind Spot in Asia; 23 English Rules the Waves; 24 Rise of Anglo-Chinese; Part II Wang Gungwu and His Works; His Authored Works The Nanhai Trade: The Early History of Chinese Trade in the South China Sea*A Short History of the Nanyang Chinese; The Structure of Power in North China during the Five Dynasties; China and the World since 1949: The Impact of Independence, Modernity and Revolution; Community and Nation: Essays on Southeast Asia and the Chinese; Community and Nation: China, Southeast Asia and Australia (New Edition); Southeast Asia and the Chinese; The Use of History; China and the Chinese Overseas; The Chineseness of China - Selected Essays; The Chinese Way: China's Position in International Relations China and Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats and Culture |
Altri titoli varianti | Educator & scholar |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827559403321 |
Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific Pub., 2013 | ||
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