• Academic Freedom in Countries of Asia
  by Charas Suwanwela
  
  
• Globalization and Recent Shifts in Educational Policy in the Asia Pacific: An Overview of Some Critical Issues
  by Fazal Rizvi, Laura Engel, Amar Nandyala, David Rutkowski and Jason Sparks
  
  Department of Educational Policy Studies
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA
  
  
• Perspectives on Distance Education
  Lifelong Learning & Distance Higher Education
  
  Christopher McIntosh, Editor
  Zeynep Varoglu, Editorial Coordinator
  Commonwealth of Learning / UNESCO Publishing
  
  
• Innovative and Good Practices of Open and Distance Learning in Asia and the Pacific
  (A study commissioned by UNESCO, Bangkok)
  
  Dr. Insung Jung, Professor
  International Christian University
  Tokyo, Japan
  
  
• ODL Resources
  
  Dr. Insung Jung, Professor
  International Christian University
  Tokyo, Japan

Promotion of Academic Mobility

Handbook of Diplomas, Degrees and other Certificates in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific, 2nd Edition

 

Handbook of Diplomas, Degrees and other Certificates in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific, 1st Edition

 

Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Regional Committee for the Regional Convention, Bangkok, Thailand, 8 - 10 November 2000

 

Final Report of the Seventh Session of the Regional Committee for the Regional Convention, Perth, Australia, 18 - 19 March 2003 (pdf, 929kb)

Guidelines on Cross-border Higher Education

1. Papers from UNESCO/OECD Australia Forum on Trade in Educational Services, 11-12 October 2004, Sydney, Australia

Quality and Recognition in Higher Education

This report gives an overview of how countries and world regions are dealing with these challenges. It analyses existing international frameworks for recognition of qualifications, including UNESCO’s Regional Conventions on recognition and trade agreements. Finally, it suggests initiatives that might be taken by key stakeholders – institutions, quality assurance and accreditation agencies, professional bodies and governments – to enhance the quality of higher education provision across borders.

 

Internationalisation and Trade in Higher Education

This report analyses the major trends and developments in cross-border post-secondary education in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. It identifies the rationales of stakeholders and the major approaches to cross-border education, and then focuses on the main challenges that the rapid growth in cross-border education presents for policies both at the national and international levels.

 

Building Capacity through Cross-Border Tertiary Education (PDF)
This paper defines capacity building, shows the centrality of education and tertiary education in any capacity building strategy, highlighting a natural privilege of education in capacity building, and then concentrates on the opportunities and challenges of cross-border tertiary education for capacity building in tertiary education.

 

2. Papers from other sources

Negotiating trade in educational services within the wto/gats context (PDF)

This paper is prepared for the Unesco/OECD Australia Forum on Trade in Educational Services to promote understanding of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), educational services in its context and the trade negotiation process.