Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asian Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Hirosato
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Credit Transfer ◽  
Intergovernmental Cooperation ◽  
Interregional Cooperation

The launch of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community in December 2015 is expected to accelerate structural transformation in Southeast Asia. It is also an initiative that shifts the landscape of higher education in Southeast Asia, which needs to meet the challenges posed by the process of regionalization of higher education. Based on the review of theoretical and conceptual works on regionalization in higher education, a broader scope of regional cooperation in higher education in Southeast Asia is suggested. Such broader scope is enable to survey the main actors (stakeholders) engaged in regional cooperation in higher education in Southeast Asia at multiple levels of cooperation: universities/higher education institutions (HEIs); government/intergovernmental cooperation; and intra-/interregional cooperation. Furthermore, two priority areas for harmonization in higher education, namely, quality assurance (QA) and credit transfer, are highlighted as particular forms of regional cooperation. Both internal and external QA systems are explained. In particular, the Academic Credit Transfer Framework for Asia (ACTFA) is introduced, which would serve as a main framework for credit transfer for Southeast Asia, by embracing credit transfer system/scheme which exist in Southeast Asia. In lieu of conclusion, main actors (stakeholders) including their mechanisms to engage in regional cooperation in higher education are summarized according to functions such as capacity building, credit transfer, grading, student mobility, mutual recognition, qualification framework, and quality assurance. Future directions in regional cooperation are suggested to pave the way towards the creation of a “common space” in higher education in Southeast Asia, or eventually the Southeast Asian Higher Education Area (SEAHEA), by developing and adapting common rules, standards, guidelines, and frameworks to be applicable to Southeast Asia.

scholarly journals ASEAN University Network in Enhancing Student Mobility

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Sri Soejatminah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Credit Transfer ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Current State ◽  
Qualification Framework ◽  
Policies And Programs

Internationalization of higher education pushes for more intensive regional collaborations as well as student mobility. There are a plethora of studies exploring student mobility patterns, but research on the transformative potential of regional mobility networks is limited. As the most predominant regional network of universities in Southeast Asia, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) University Network (AUN) commits to boosting student mobility in the region, and thus, can be conceived to be a deliberative space capable of expanding student mobility. This chapter examines the role of AUN in promoting student mobility within the ASEAN region. Indonesia’s engagement is used as a point of entry to assess the extent of policies and programs in encouraging student mobility in the ASEAN region. It shows that AUN has established regional quality assurance and credit transfer systems to promote credit student mobility across AUN member universities. In this regard, the implementation of Indonesian qualification framework has reinforced AUN in the operationalization of credit transfer system across the member universities. Similarly, the existing Indonesian quality assurance body has strengthened AUN in bridging collaborations for student mobility. Thus, the current state of credit student mobility across AUN member universities is shaped by not only by AUN but also Indonesian and higher education institutional policies and systems related to student mobility reflecting the various levels of players in the ASEAN region.

scholarly journals The Complex Diversity of Southeast Asian Postsecondary Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 16-18
Author(s):  
Philip G. Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education Development ◽  
The Many

Higher education in Southeast Asia constitutes a complex mosaic of cultures, languages, and academic traditions. This article argues that while there are some similarities, the many variations make it difficult to generalize about the region or to create a common approach to higher education development.

scholarly journals SINGAPURA DAN ASEAN: ANALISIS RELASI NEGARA DAN INSTITUSI KAWASAN DI TENGAH PANDEMI COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 299-318
Author(s):  
Riska Putri Hariyadi
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face

Increased interstate connectivity has led to the mobility of the COVID-19 outbreak easily spread throughout the world, including Southeast Asia. This outbreak has a multi-dimension effect that encourages countries to take two possibilities, Collaboration to handle the outbreak or by issuing restrictions as protection measures. Through this paper, the author describes the relations that occur in the Southeast Asian region by analyzing Singapore and ASEAN in the face of the outbreak. This paper argues that Singapore and ASEAN show commitment to the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak through regional cooperation such as the Asean COVID-19 Response Fund and solidarity actions with member countries. COVID-19, Singapura, ASEAN, Regional Cooperation

scholarly journals Challenges of Student Mobility in Southeast Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 24-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thu T Do ◽  
Duy N. Pham
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Students

Southeast Asia has experienced a remarkable development of student mobility: A significantly increasing number of Southeast Asian students study abroad in western developed countries, and a gradually increasing number of international students from Southeast Asia, South Korea, China, India, and some western countries study in Southeast Asia. However, these countries also encounter several challenges to advancing these programs.

scholarly journals Human Security In Southeast Asia: Specificity, Problems, Approaches

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
M. A. Glaser ◽  
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N.N. Novik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The article discusses the parameters of human security in SouthEast Asia. The analysis of three systems – physical, biological and social – revealed the specifics of the security environment of the SEA countries. The situation with the COVID-19 virus, the difficulties it generates in the SEA countries. The authors conclude that in case the current trends continue, solving problems without strengthening regional cooperation within ASEAN is unlikely. But in order to translate this into reality, the Southeast Asian countries need to find a consensus on the ASEAN approach to human security.

scholarly journals KERJA SAMA PEMBERANTASAN PENDANAAN TERORISME DI ASIA TENGGARA

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Terrorism Financing ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

This paper analyzes regional cooperation on Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF) among Southeast Asian countries. Various studies have discussed the factors that construct the response of Southeast Asian countries in fighting terrorism, along with factors that undermines the counter terrorism efforts in the region. Nevertheless, these studies have not specifically adrress the risk of terrorism financing that remains high in the Southeast Asia, particularly in the frame of regional cooperation. By using the Regional Security Complex theory, this paper will explain the polarity and social structure characterizing CTF cooperation in the Southeast Asia, as well as another influential external actor. The focus of this research is on the funding aspects of dominant transnational terrorist groups after September 2001 such as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS). Therefore, the discussion in this research will be focused on five countries that faced the threat of those group, i.e. Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The findings in this article show that the characteristic of CTF cooperation in the region is largely affected by external power, while the social structure between the internal units of the region is not dominant. Thus, the efforts of the countries become ineffective in overcoming the problem of terrorism financing in the region.

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