Education Reform and Education Policy in East Asia

Centralization and Decentralization: Educational Reforms and Changing Governance in Chinese Societies (Kluwer, 2003) Globalization and Marketization: A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore (Edward Elgar, 2004).

• Introduction Part 1: Education systems, Policy Change and Education Reforms 1. Globalization and Structural Adjustments: Changing Policy 2. Instruments and Regulatory Arrangements in Education 3. Education Systems and Policy Change in East Asia 4. Education in East Asian Tigers: Regulation, Provision and Funding 5. Higher Education in East Asia: Common Challenges and Emerging Trends Part 2: Globalization and National Responses 6. China’s Response to Globalization: Educational Decentralization and Marketization in Post-Mao China 7. Hong Kong’s Responses to Globalization: Questing for Entrepreneurial Universities 8. Singapore’s Responses to Globalization: Marketization of Education 9. Taiwan’s Responses to globalization: changing governance in higher education 10. South Korea’s responses to Globalization: Internationalization of Education 11. Japan’s Responses to Globalization: Corporatization and Changing University Governance 12. Discussions and Conclusions: Globalization and Education