Asia Pacific Graduate Education: Comparative Policies and Regional Developments

PART I: CHANGING DYNAMICS OF ASIA PACIFIC GRADUATE EDUCATION.- 1. Novel Forms of Financing Cross-Border Graduate Education; Chris Ziguras.-2. Graduate Education in Asia Pacific Higher Education: Changing Roles and Purposes; Edilberto C. de Jesus.- 3. Graduate Degrees in the Emergent Political Economy of Contemporary Globalization; Deane Neubauer.- PART II: GRADUATE EDUCATION IN COMPARATIVE COUNTRY SETTINGS.-4. An Examination of Employment Outcomes for Graduate Education at the University of Hawaii; Pearl Imada Iboshi, Ming Zhang, Sanford Beppu, and Winnie Wu.- 5. The Postgraduate Research Student Experience in Malaysia; Koo Yew Lie and Vincent Pang.-6. Learning Outcomes Assessment in Graduate Education: A Comparative Overview between United States and ASEAN; Stewart Sutin and Somkiat Kamolpun.-7. Challenges and Strategic Development of PhD Education of Fu Jen Catholic University; Shang-Shing P. Chou, Chih-Hsien Yang, and Gregory S. Ching.-8. Improving the Quality of Contemporary Graduate Education: a Proposal for Nurturing Future Civic-Minded Professionals; Farrah Dina Yusop.-9. Industry-Oriented Graduate Programs in Thailand: A Review; Bundit Fungtammasan.-10. "Diploma Disease" in Thai Higher Education; Prompilai Buasuwan and Michael Jones.-11. Exploring Researcher Motivation: Implications for PhD Education; Robyn Barnacle, Denise Cuthbert, and Richard Laurie.- 12. Conclusion; Deane Neubauer and Prompilai Buasuwan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137547820
• ISBN13: 9781137547828
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.7"