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A number of trends and issues have conspired to bring questions of knowledge production, research policy, and research management to the fore on the higher education policy agendas of many countries. With the nations of the Asia and the Pacific building knowledge-based economies and expanding and adapting their higher education systems, this book focuses on the different national perspectives of knowledge production and research in higher education in this region. The book brings together leading experts on research and higher education policy who compare, contrast, and critically analyze how policy in Asia-Pacific countries is furthering a supportive (or non-supportive) environment for the promotion of research within higher education.
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Issues in Higher Education Series Editor: GUY NEAVE, International Association of Universities, Paris, France Other titles in the series include GOEDEGEBUURE et al. Higher Education Policy: An International Comparative Perspective NEAVE and VAN VUGHT Government and Higher Education Relationships Across Three Continents: The Winds of Change SALMI and VERSPOOR Revitalizing Higher Education YEE East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations DILL and SPORN Emerging Patterns of Social Demand and University Reform: Through a Glass Darkly MEEK et al. The Mockers and Mocked? Comparative Perspectives on Differentiation, Convergence and Diversity in Higher Education BENNICH-BJORKMAN Organizing Innovative Research? The Inner Life of University Departments HUISMAN et al. Higher Education and the Nation State: The International Dimension of Higher Education CLARK Creating Entrepreneurial Universities: Organizational Pathways of Transformation. GURI-ROSENBLIT Distance and Campus Universities: Tensions and Interactions. A Comparative Study of Five Countries TEICHLER and SADLAK Higher Education Research: Its Relationship to Policy and Practice TEASDALE and MA RHEA Local Knowledge and Wisdom in Higher Education TSCHANG and DELLA SENTA Access to Knowledge: New Information Technology and the Emergence of the Virtual University TOMUSK Open World and Closed Societies: Essays on Higher Education Policies “in Transition” HIRSCH and WEBER Challenges facing Higher Education at the Millennium The IAU The International Association of Universities (IAU), founded in 1950, is a worldwide organization with member institutions in over 120 countries. It cooperates with a vast network of international, regional and national bodies. Its permanent Secretariat, the International Universities Bureau, is located at UNESCO, Paris, and provides a wide variety of services to Member Institutions and to the international higher education community at large. Activities and Services ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● IAU-UNESCO Information Centre on Higher Education International Information Networks Meetings and seminars Research and studies Promotion of academic mobility and cooperation Credential evaluation Consultancy Exchange of publications and materials Publications ● ● ● ● ● International Handbook of Universities World List of Universities Issues in Higher Education (monographs) Higher Education Policy (quarterly) IAU Bulletin (bimonthly) Higher Education, Research, and Knowledge in the Asia Pacific Region Edited by V. Lyn n M eek and Charas Suwanwela HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION © V. Lynn Meek and Charas Suwanwela, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the worl