EDUCATION

Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference
for the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

“Facing Global and Local Challenges: the New Dynamics for Higher Education”

Opening Ceremony

  • Alexis Tam, Chief of Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 
    Welcome Address (pdf, 1mb)
  • Chui Sai On, Honorable Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
    Opening Remarks (pdf, 1.7mb)
  • Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Overview of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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Plenary Sessions

  • Rajesh Tandon, Participatory Research Institute Asia, India
    Keynote Speech I: Societal Commitment and Social Responsibility of Higher Education
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  • Charas Suwanwela, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
    Keynote Speech II: Research and Innovation in Higher Education
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  • Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Consultation on Draft Regional Report of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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  • Molly Lee, UNESCO Bangkok
    Keynote Speech III: Trends and Issues Re-shaping Higher Education
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  • John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning
    Keynote Speech IV: Towards a New Agenda in Higher Education
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Country Reports

  • AUSTRALIA, Leo Goedegebuure, University of New England
    Download the paper (pdf, 270kb) and presentation (ppt, 380kb)
  • CAMBODIA (Kingdom of), Chealy Chet, Office of the Council of Ministers
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  • INDONESIA (Republic of), Lr. Nizam, Ministry of National Education
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  • JAPAN, Kazuo Todani, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    Download the paper (pdf, 350kb) and presentation (ppt, 710kb)
  • LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, Khamphone Xaysomphou, Ministry of Education
    Download the paper (pdf, 160kb) and presentation (ppt, 1.5mb)
  • MACAO, Special Administrative Region, P.R. China, Keith Morrison, Macau Inter-University
    Download the paper (pdf, 205kb) and presentation (ppt, 2.1mb)
  • MALAYSIA, Hassan Basri, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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  • MONGOLIA, Chuluuntsetseg Dagvadorj, Mongolia National Council for Education Accreditation
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  • PHILIPPINES (Republic of the), Nona S. Ricafort, Commission on Higher Education
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  • REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Sang-Duk Choi, Korean Educational Development Institute
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  • SINGAPORE, Jason Tan, National Institute of Education
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  • THAILAND (Kingdom of), Chantavit Sujatanond, Commission on Higher Education
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  • VIET NAM (Socialist Republic of), Nguyen Thi Le Huong, Department of Higher Education
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  • CHINA (People's Republic of), Libing Wang, Zhejiang University
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Parallel Session I


Special Topic

  • Rod Manns
    Role of Regional Harmonization, Working together to Reshape Higher Education through Quality Assurance
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  • Supachai Yavaprabhas
    ASEAN Higher Education Area
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Strengthening Connection among Research, Teaching and Service Mission
 

  • Peter Boothroyd, Titiporn Siriphant Puntasen, Peter Taylor, Fernando Kleiman
    Higher Education and Participatory Development: Opportunities for Strengthening the Linkage
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Cross-National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education

  • David Chapman
    Cross National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education Systems in Asia
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  • Jesus Fernandez
    Building Capacity toward Region-wide Curriculum and Teaching Materials. Development in Agro-forestry Education in Southeast Asia
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  • Benjamin Tak-Yuen Chan
    Pedagogical Issues in Transnational Education: the Case of Postgraduate Pharmacy and Education Programs
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Higher Education Policies: Access and Equity

  • Hong Shen
    Access to Higher Education with Student Loans: the Choice of Needy Students in China
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  • Keith Morrison
    Equity in Higher Education in Macao: Evidence and a Research Agenda
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  • Wu Mei
    The Development of Higher Education in Tibet: A Policy
    Perspective
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Academic Mobility in the Region

  • Christopher Pokarier
    Internationalization as Driver of University Reform in Mature Systems? Mixed Evidence from Japan
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  • Lrong Lim
    Japan's 300,000 International Student Policy
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  • Miki Sugimura
    International Student Mobility and Asian Higher Education Framework for Global Network
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Parallel Session II


Special Topic

  • G. Dhanarajan
    Open and Distance Learning
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  • Liu Nian Cai
    University Ranking
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Higher Education for Sustainable Development
 

  • Ramli Mohamed, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
    Shifting Rhetorics into Reality: Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Universiti Sains Malaysia in the Apex Framework
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  • Bastian Baumann
    Universities and Their Responsibilities - Prerequisites and Underlying Principles
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  • Susan Pottier, Ivo Carneiro Sousa
    Development, Environment, and Sciences Education
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Cross-Border Higher Education

  • Shengbing Li, Zhiqiang Wang
    Transnational Higher Education in China: Thirty years
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  • Prisca Mauve
    The Impact of ICT on Cross-Border Higher Education: Papua New Guinea Perspective
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University - Community Engagement

  • Chan Lean Heng
    Engaging and Re-engaging Higher Education in the 21st Century: Possibilities and Challenges
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  • Philipp Ivanov
    Internationalization and Community Engagement of Higher Education Institutions: Global and Local Agenda
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  • Kiyohiko Kuroda
    Societal Commitment of Higher Education for Development: A Case Study on University-Community Linkage in Vietnam
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Research in the Academic Profession

  • Gerard Postiglione
    Reshaping the Academic Profession in Hong Kong's Universities
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  • Sam Ching Pey
    Research Environment of Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutes: Features, Funding and Policy Implication
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  • Teresa Swirski
    Knowledge Creation in Higher Education
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Special Topics

  • Dorte Kristoffersen
    Trends in Quality Assurance in the Asia-Pacific
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  • Jandhyala BG Tilak
    Financing Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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Facing Global and Local Challenges: University - Community
Partnership in Asia

  • Chan Lean Heng
    8th ASEAN IUC Resolutions on Building Social ASEAN
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  • Peter Taylor
    Learning from experiences of university and community engagement in Vietnam 
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  • Ethel Agnes P.Valenzuela
    Reorienting University and Community Partnerships towards Education for Sustainable Development
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  • Rajesh Tandon
    Global Alliance on Community-Engaged Research
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Higher Education in Asia-Pacific

  • Anthony Welch
    Access and Equity in SE Asian Higher Education: Finance, State Capacity, Privatisation, and Transparency
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  • Jouko Sarvi
    Higher Education in Asia Pacific: Access, Quality, Diversity and Equity
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  • Jianxin Zhang
    ASEAN Higher Education: On the Road from Elite to Massification
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Social Responsibility of Higher Education

  • Euiyoung Kim, Young Ha Cho
    Social Responsibility: A Critical Role for Korean Universities in the 21st Century
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  • Sang Un Namgung
    The Role of Returnees in Internationalisation at Korean Universities
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  • Rongnan Zhang
    How to Combine Traditions and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
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The Multiple Functions of Higher Education Institutions

  • Russell Bishop
    Addressing Diversity and Disparity through Teacher Education
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  • Spencer Benson
    The Next Challenge and Frontier: Digital Learners and Digital Teachers
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  • Peter Quiddington
    Higher Learning and the Pursuit of a Democratic Regionalism
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Education Units

APPEAL
Asia and Pacific Programme of Education for All
APEID
Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development
EPR
Education Policy and Reform
ESD
Education for Sustainable Development
HARSH
HIV Coordination, Adolescent Reproductive and School Health Unit
ICT
Information Communication Technologies in Education
EFA
Education For All