Asia Pacific Graduate Education

1. Introduction: Situating Graduate Education in a Rapidly Changing Higher Education Environment
Deane E. Neubauer, Prompilai Buasuwan

Part I. Changing Dynamics of Asia Pacific Graduate Education

2. The Expansion of Cross-Border Graduate Education in the Asia Pacific: Developmental and Financial Challenges
Christopher Ziguras

3. Graduate Education in Asia Pacific Higher Education: Changing Roles and Purposes
Edilberto C. Jesus

4. Graduate Degrees in the Emergent Political Economy of Contemporary Globalization
Deane E. Neubauer

Part II. Graduate Education in Comparative Country Settings

5. An Examination of Employment Outcomes for Graduate Education at the University of Hawaii
Pearl Imada Iboshi, Ming Zhang, Sanford Beppu, Winnie Wu

6. The Postgraduate Research Student Experience in Malaysia
Koo Yew Lie, Vincent Pang

7. Learning Outcomes Assessment in Graduate Education: A Comparative Overview between the United States and ASEAN
Stewart Sutin, Somkiat Kamolpun

8. Challenges and Strategic Development of PhD Education of Fu Jen Catholic University
Shang-Shing P. Chou, Chih-Hsien Yang, Gregory S. Ching

9. Improving the Quality of Contemporary Graduate Education: A Proposal for Nurturing Future Civic-Minded Professionals
Farrah Dina Yusop

10. Industry-Oriented Graduate Programs in Thailand: A Review
Bundit Fungtammasan

11. Diploma Disease in Thai HE
Prompilai Buasuwan, Michael E. Jones

12. Exploring Researcher Motivation: Implications for PhD Education
Robyn Barnacle, Denise Cuthbert, Richard Laurie

13. Conclusion: The Multiplying “Texts” of Graduate Education
Prompilai Buasuwan, Deane E. Neubauer

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