scholarly journals The Rise of Post-Confucion Knowledge Economies

2015 ◽  
pp. 7-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Marginson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Hong Kong Sar ◽  
Knowledge Economies ◽  
Catch Up

In East Asia and Singapore tertiary participation and scientific output are rising very rapidly, underpinned by economic growth, Confucian education values at home and the focused policies of governments determined to catch-up to North American and Western Europe. The leading research universities in China, Hong Kong SAR, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore are on course to join Japan in the front rank of the world's higher education institutions.

Global Competitiveness, Privatization, Dignified Spaces, and Curricular Reform in Indian Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanti Bajpai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Curricular Reform ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Ranking System ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Indian Higher Education

Every ranking system rates Indian universities poorly against their Asian counterparts in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea, and in some cases, even universities in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The question then is why, given that in 1947 it could fairly be said that at least a dozen Indian universities were leaders in Asia and were of international repute, Indian universities are in an egregious condition. This chapter essays some answers. It also argues for curricular reform, in particular for the introduction of public policy studies at the major Indian universities.

Technological progress, non-price factors competitiveness, and changes in trade income elasticities: empirical evidence from South Korea and Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Marco Flávio Cunha Resende ◽  
Vitor Leone ◽  
Daniele Almeida Raposo Torres ◽  
Simeon Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
Income Elasticities ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Catch Up

In the balance-of-payments-constrained growth model literature, income elasticities (IEs) are considered as the crucial element determining a country's long-run growth rate. Although the extant literature accepts that technology matters for IEs magnitude, explanations linking technology and IEs magnitude are limited. In this paper, we make use of the National Innovation System (NIS) concept from the Evolutionary School to explain the channels through which the size of a country's IEs is influenced by the level of development of its NIS, which in turn is a channel through which the non-price competitiveness factors work. Additionally, we empirically test the hypothesis that the catch-up allowed by NIS developments achieved in South Korea and Hong Kong improved their IEs over the 1980–1995 period. Our empirical results suggest a link between the level of NIS development and the size of the IEs.

Encountering Unfamiliar Educational Practices Abroad

2016 ◽  
pp. 137-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Jane Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The World ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Hong Kong Sar ◽  
Macau Sar

As internationalization efforts intensify across the globe, the number of students who are studying outside their home country for part of their tertiary education has increased significantly. The vast majority of students from East Asian nations (Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Korea, Macau SAR, Mainland China, and Taiwan) study in a second language while abroad, with English the most common medium-of-instruction. As institutions of Higher Education (HE) in other regions compete for students from this part of the world, increasingly, questions are being raised about what students gain from outbound mobility programs. Scholars have drawn attention to the need for systematic empirical research that critically examines the experiences of student sojourners in order to determine the most effective ways to support and enhance their learning (e.g., linguistic, cognitive, social, academic, (inter)cultural, and professional).

scholarly journals The Impact of Higher Education and Human Capital Quality on “Local-Neighborhood” Economic Growth

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1041-1057
Author(s):  
Ran Zhao ◽  
Yuhong Du
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Neighborhood Effect ◽  
Local Neighborhood ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Impact

Based on China’s provincial panel data from 1990 to 2017 and the improved Lucas, Nelson & Phelps model, the Spatial Dubin Model is used to test the spatial effects of higher education and human capital quality. The results showed that high-level human capital, characterized by higher education and urban labor income index, indirectly promoted local economic growth through technological innovation. There was also a “local-neighborhood” synergy effect. The neighborhood effect was manifested in that it affected the economic development of neighbors by promoting technological catch-up. After considering the quality factor, both the local and neighborhood effects were enhanced. From a regional perspective, higher education in the Yangtze River Delta, where the level of economic development is relatively high, was manifested as a spatial spillover effect of technological innovation and the neighborhood effect in the northeastern Bohai Rim and the Pearl River Delta was manifested as a technological catch-up.

Conceptualizing the Second Education Circuit for China’s Doctoral Students in Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Ge ◽  
Kong Chong Ho
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Regional Mobility ◽  
East And Southeast Asia ◽  
Flagship Universities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
International Doctoral Students

Abstract The quest to become research universities of international repute has led flagship universities in East and Southeast Asia to develop a new focus on attracting international doctoral students. This paper aims to understand Chinese doctoral students’ mobility in the immediate region and their education to work perceptions. The study draws from a sample of 301 doctoral students from China who were studying at five universities in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. Analysis on students’ decision making and after-study pathways highlights the regional exchange in related areas. We argue that this regional mobility of doctoral students, characterized as the second education circuit, is facilitated by a higher education migration infrastructure with three interactively weaved dimensions: commercial, social, and regulatory. The research findings suggest the growing importance of Asia as a regional second circuit of doctoral training for students from China.

Charting a new path toward economic prosperity: Comparing policies for higher education hubs in Hong Kong and South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Bradley Beecher ◽  
Bernhard Streitwieser ◽  
Joy Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Policies ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Future Education

This article presents a comparative analysis of national policies, implementation strategies, and regional and global aspirations to establish education hubs in Hong Kong and South Korea. The authors argue that existing definitions of education hubs do not yet sufficiently consider whether a hub’s orientation is global or regional and how its funding sources direct its mission and vision. The authors first review current definitions of education hubs and then use Ranga and Etzkowitz’s Triple Helix conceptual framework to analyze Hong Kong and South Korea’s national policies and their hubs’ distinct vision, goals, strategies, rationales, and major stakeholders. The article concludes with an updated definition for education hubs which is inclusive of purpose, mission, role in the knowledge economy, and relationships between key stakeholders, including government, higher education institutions, and industry. This research identifies key indicators of a successful hub and provides additional necessary insights for policy makers working to develop future education hubs.

Approaches to the Politics of Economic Growth in Southeast Asia

1991 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 818-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Doner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Newly Industrialized Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Commodity Production ◽  
The Pacific

The pacific rim's record of impressive economic growth over the past twenty years is now well known. While most obvious in Japan, this expansion has been striking in the East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs): Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan. But it has also occurred to varying degrees in four of the original members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand. In addition to increases in overall output, each of these four economies has achieved a considerable degree of restructuring in favor of manufacturing and away from commodity production since the 1970s (e.g., Lee and Naya 1988:S134).

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