Reforming university education in Hong Kong and Singapore

Reforming university education in Hong Kong and Singapore

• Lee, Michael H. City University of Hong Kong
• Gopinathan, Saravanan National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Higher Education Research & Development, 22(2), 167-182, 2003

Routledge

2003

• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QE Post-Secondary Education

Educational Change Educational Policy Educational Quality Educational Resources Financial Support Policy Formation Privatisation Universities Comparative Analysis Higher Education Hong Kong Singapore Government University Relationship Marketisation

• Hong Kong
• Singapore

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

University education has been thrust into the limelight by policymakers in Hong Kong and Singapore in recent years. Reforming university education thus has become a norm for both city-states. This article reviews and compares some recent developments in the university reforms in both city-states. It argues university education, as a public policy area, is not immune from the profound influence of such concepts as accountability, performativity, quality assurance and market relevance, which prevail in a wider policy context of public sector reforms and governance changes. Hong Kong and Singapore's university reforms are similarly extensive, ranging from the admission mechanisms through to the governance and funding systems. This article has four main sections. The first sketches a paradigm shift in the policymaking process and the changing state-university relationships in the age of globalization. The second reviews and compares some recent developments of the university reforms in both city-states. The third turns to assess the impacts of the reforms on university stakeholders. The final section is the conclusion.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0729436032000083625]

Special Issue: Going Global: the Internationalisation of HigherEducation in the Asian Region

• English

Journal Articles

• 07294360

• 10.1080/0729436032000083625

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/04ccf10e

2010-09-27