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New challenges for higher education: global and Asia-Pacific perspectives

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With rapid socio-economic changes, twenty-first century higher education is facing major challenges to its governance systems, curriculum, mission focus, external relations, research, and financing. A theoretical framework to analyze these post-massification challenges is suggested, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region as well as global issues. Five main topic areas provide the basis for the theoretical framework: massification, privatization, accountability and governance, internationalization, and ranking and world-class universities. Some discussion of the possible effects of the financial crisis that commenced in 2008 is provided.

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Shin, J.C., Harman, G. New challenges for higher education: global and Asia-Pacific perspectives. Asia Pacific Educ. Rev. 10, 1–13 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-009-9011-6

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