Education Crossing Borders: How Singapore and MIT Created a New University

Autor/in	Fisher, Dara R.
Titel	Education Crossing Borders: How Singapore and MIT Created a New University
Quelle	(2020), (272 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-262-53903-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Institutional Cooperation; International Cooperation; Higher Education; Partnerships in Education; Cooperative Planning; Government Role; College Faculty; School Personnel; College Students; Decision Making; Institutional Characteristics; Public Colleges; Political Issues; Cultural Influences; Universities; Massachusetts (Cambridge); Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Fakultät; Schulpersonal; Collegestudent; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Politischer Faktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; University; Universität; Singapur
Abstract	In this book, Dara Fisher chronicles the decade-long collaboration between MIT and Singapore's Education Ministry to establish the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Fisher shows how what began as an effort by MIT to export its vision and practices to Singapore became an exercise in adaptation by actors on the ground. As cross-border higher education partnerships become more widespread, Fisher's account of one such collaboration in theory and practice is especially timely. Despite the prevalence of cross-border higher education initiatives, there is little understanding of how these partnerships work. This book fills the gap, offering an in-depth ethnographic case study that draws on organizational behavior literature for theoretical support. Fisher describes the sometimes divergent priorities of the Singapore government and MIT as planning began in 2007; chronicles how the founding faculty, staff, and students sought to shape the new university; shows that MIT left decision making to local actors on matters it regarded as low priority (only to discover later that some of these decisions did not align with MIT values); and examines SUTD's efforts to build an independent identity as Singapore's fourth major public university within the Singaporean higher education ecosystem. Finally, Fisher develops a framework for understanding how MIT's identity and practices were communicated to and then localized by Singaporeans, examining this in terms of politics, culture, institutions, and individuals. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01