The Knowledge Society in the Circle: The New Era of Education and Research in Asia and the Pacific

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
José Ernesto Rangel Delgado ◽  
Antonina Ivanova Boncheva
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Pacific

The Pacific Ocean as Highway to Gold Mountain

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Sinn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

This chapter takes a broad look at the Pacific Ocean in relation to Chinese migration. As trade, consumption and capital flows followed migrants, powerful networks were woven and sustained; in time, the networks fanned across the Pacific from British Columbia along the West Coast of the United States to New Zealand and Australia. The overlapping personal, family, financial and commercial interests of Chinese in California and those in Hong Kong, which provide the focus of this study, energized the connections and kept the Pacific busy and dynamic while shaping the development of regions far beyond its shores. The ocean turned into a highway for Chinese seeking Gold Mountain, marking a new era in the history of South China, California, and the Pacific Ocean itself.

Higher Education Environment

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
New Era ◽  
Education Environment

Tertiary education faces a new era as expectations for good quality education are increasing. Globalization and knowledge Society formed new conditions on the global economic and geopolitical scene, and led higher education ahead to new challenges which require a redefinition of its role. These challenges have created new opportunities, new collaborations and new ways of managing Higher Education Institutions. In response to the demand for higher quality products and services, a growing number of Higher Education Institutions worldwide are implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) and the Deming Management Method. The first chapter is designed to provide the reader an overview of the role of Higher Education Institutions and the implications of globalization and knowledge society on tertiary education. Furthermore, this chapter deals with the strategic challenges of Higher Education Institutions and their strategic response to those challenges, focused on Deming and Total Quality Management.

scholarly journals Referentes internacionales, nacionales y regionales para las universidades de la región del Pacífico colombiana en el siglo XXI: una síntesis

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-114
Author(s):  
Harold Banguero Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Sociedad Del Conocimiento ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Selection Of

El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer una síntesis de los principales referentes internacionales, nacionales y regionales que marcarán el rumbo de las universidades de la región Pacífico - colombiana en los próximos treinta años. Mediante una metodología rigurosa de identificación y selección, en los referentes internacionales se tienen en cuenta aspectos como la dinámica de la globalización, el advenimiento de la sociedad del conocimiento, la revolución tecnológica, el retorno al humanismo, la inequidad e inclusión social, el resurgimiento de las regiones, la sostenibilidad ambiental y las transformaciones institucionales. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present a summary of the main references at the international, national and regional levels that will mark the path of the Pacific region of Colombia’s universities in the next three decades. A rigorous methodology for the identification and selection of the ones to study was performed. Among the international ones, the following aspects were taken in account: Globalization dynamics, emergence of the knowledge society,technological revolution, revival of humanism, inequality and social inclusion, resurgence of regions, environmental sustainability and institutional transformations.

scholarly journals Whatever happened to the Pacific Century?

1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 245-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROSEMARY FOOT ◽  
ANDREW WALTER
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
The Political ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Developed World

Typical of the opposing trends that have been a part of the decade 1989 to 1999, many of the states in the Asia-Pacific in these ten years have shifted from ‘miracle’ status to crisis. From being the political and economic model for other countries in both the developing and the developed world, they now signal how best to avoid the less savoury pitfalls of rapid development. The miracle status, deriving from two decades or more of impressive growth rates on the basis of a presumed distinctive politico-economic model, was supposed to herald a Pacific Century. The key characteristics of this new era were a newfound regional coherence and a related transfer of economic and above all political power from the Atlantic community towards Asia-Pacific. The crisis, in turn, is seen as marking the end of that shift in the economic and political centres of gravity.

scholarly journals The Effect of Geostrategic Competition on Public Attitudes to Aid

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Terence Wood ◽  
Chris Hoy ◽  
Jonathan Pryke
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Separate Experiment ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
New Era ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Aid Policy

Abstract China’s rise is ushering in a new era of geostrategic contestation involving foreign aid. In many traditional OECD donors, aid policy is changing as a result. We report on a survey experiment studying the impacts of rising Chinese aid on public opinion in traditional donors. We randomly treated people with vignettes emphasising China’s rise as an aid donor in the Pacific, a region of substantial geostrategic competition. We used a large, nationally-representative sample of Australians (Australia is the largest donor to the Pacific). As expected, treating participants reduced hostility to aid and increased support for more aid focused on the Pacific. Counter to expectations, however, treatment reduced support for using aid to advance Australian interests. These findings were largely replicated in a separate experiment in New Zealand. Knowledge of Chinese competition changes support for aid, but it does not increase support for using aid as a tool of geostrategy.

Liberal arts in a new era

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne B. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Era ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
Adult Roles

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness and outcomes of liberal arts in preparing people for adult roles. Design/methodology/approach – Review of research and opinions about the liberal arts. Findings – Liberal-arts outcomes results have fallen short of expectations though this may be a short coming of higher education generally. A new era of the knowledge society will shrink liberal-arts departments in humanities, literature and philosophy. Research limitations/implications – Liberal arts need definition and clarity of expected outcomes. Practical implications – Jobs in liberal arts colleges will decrease given its weak effectiveness. Online education for liberal-arts areas will grow explosively. Originality/value – Liberal-arts critics have been active for decades. What is different today is world wide access to all information 24/7 and massive open online courses (MOOCs).

Politics and Utopia

Worldview ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Thomas Molnar
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Third World ◽  
World War ◽  
New Era ◽  
Power Block ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Third World War

The question of the Chinese off-shore islands is not, for the time being, a central issue. But this situation is not likely to last; the theatre of operations is quickly shifting from the Mediterranean to the Pacific and back, from Formosa to North Africa. Is this still the Cold War, is it the Third World War asjkmes Burnham calls it, or a new era of permanent conflicts, taking place in One World where three billion people are just too jnany to coexist?Whichever it is, die West must fight it on two fronts: on the wide world scene and, simultaneously, against those whose Utopian frame of mind, and consequent blindness to the realities of power, block the way of elementary realism.

Pacific Ocean

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Sinn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Chinese Migration

This article takes a broad look at the Pacific Ocean in relation to Chinese migration. As trade, consumption and capital flows followed migrants, powerful networks were woven and sustained; in time, the networks fanned across the Pacific from British Columbia along the West Coast of the United States to New Zealand and Australia. The overlapping personal, family, financial, and commercial interests of Chinese in California and those in Hong Kong, which provide the focus of this study, energized the connections and kept the Pacific busy and dynamic while shaping the development of regions far beyond its shores. The ocean turned into a highway for Chinese seeking Gold Mountain, marking a new era in the history of South China, California, and the Pacific Ocean itself.

scholarly journals A New Era in Mental Health Care in Vanuatu

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Benson ◽  
Dimity Pond ◽  
Michelle Funk ◽  
Frances Hughes ◽  
Xiangdong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Mental Health Workforce

Inequity in health-care delivery for those with mental illness is widespread throughout low- and middle-income countries. In the Pacific Island countries there are many barriers to addressing the growing mental health burden. In an effort to address this problem, the WHO is coordinating the Pacific Islands Mental Health Network involving 18 countries in the Pacific region with the financial support of New Zealand Aid (NZAid). JB and DP have developed and presented mental health training to health professionals, community leaders, and social service personnel in an environment in Vanuatu that is very different from that of their usual Australian-based general practices. They discuss evidence for their work, an outline of the programme, some difficulties working across different cultures, and the enthusiasm with which the training has been greeted. Vanuatu is now well on its way to addressing the inequity of access to mental health care with a culturally appropriate and self-sustaining mental health workforce.

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