Researching Higher Education in Asia

1. Introduction: Higher Education Research as a Field of Study in Asia
Jisun Jung, Hugo Horta, Akiyoshi Yonezawa

Part I. Conceptualization and Understandings of Higher Education Research in Asia

2. Higher-Education Researchers in Asia: The Risks of Insufficient Contribution to International Higher-Education Research
Hugo Horta

3. Foil to the West? Interrogating Perspectives for Observing East Asian Higher Education
Rui Yang

4. Higher Education Knowledge Production in Postcolonial-Neoliberal Asia
Jae Park

5. Regionalism, Regionalization of Higher Education, and Higher Education Research: Mapping the Development in Regionalization of Higher Education Research
Roger Y. Chao

Part II. East Asia

6. Higher Education Research in Japan: Seeking a Connection with the International Academic Community
Akiyoshi Yonezawa

7. Higher Education Research in China: An Independent Academic Field Under the State
Lifang Hu, Shuangye Chen

8. Higher Education Research in Hong Kong: Context, Trends, and Vision
William Yat Wai Lo, Felix Sai Kit Ng

9. Higher Education Research in South Korea: Research Themes and Methodologies in National Journals
Jisun Jung

10. What It Is Like and What Needs to Be Done: A Status Report on Higher Education in Macau and Its Research
Zhidong Hao

11. The Development and Progress of Higher Education Research in Taiwan: Massification Matters
Sheng-Ju Chan, Ting-May Huang

12. Higher Education Research in Mongolia During the Transition Period of Development
Nyamjav Sumberzul, Shagdarsuren Oyunbileg

Part III. Southeast Asia

13. Researching Higher Education in “Asia’s Global Education Hub”: Major Themes in Singapore
Michael H. Lee

14. Higher Education as a Field of Study in Malaysia: Towards an Epistemic Community of Practice
Norzaini Azman, Morshidi Sirat

15. Higher Education Research in Thailand: Current Trends and Development
Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti

16. Higher Education Research in the Philippines: Policies and Prospects
Christian Bryan S. Bustamante

Part IV. South/West Asia

17. Education Research and Emergence of Higher Education as a Field of Study in India
N. V. Varghese

18. Higher Education Research in Iran: Quantitative Development and Qualitative Challenges
Abbas Madandar Arani, Lida Kakia, Mohammad Jafari Malek

19. The Regeneration Aspects for Higher Education Research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman M. Abouammoh

Part V. Conclusion

20. Higher Education Research in Asia: History, Development and Challenges
Jisun Jung, Hugo Horta, Akiyoshi Yonezawa

Keywords: Education, International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics