The Value of Higher Education for Individuals and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region

Autor/inn/en	Collins, Christopher S.; Bethke, Robert J.
Titel	The Value of Higher Education for Individuals and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 10, S.1809-1824 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2017.1376870
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Relevance (Education); Role of Education; Educational Benefits; Community Benefits; Social Values; Individualism; Collectivism; Interviews; Influences; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Phenomenology; Foreign Countries; South Korea; Japan; India; Hong Kong; Philippines; Singapore; Vietnam; China; Malaysia; Asia; Thailand; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Relevance; Relevanz; Bildungsauftrag; Bildungsertrag; Sozialer Wert; Individualismus; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ausland; Korea; Republik; Indien; Hongkong; Philippinen; Singapur; Asien
Abstract	Central to this study is an exploration of the degree to which higher education is perceived as an individual and/or a collective value. Seminal literature supports the notion that colleges and universities are Western institutions. Throughout the Asia Pacific, higher education is expanding in a hybrid form in collectivist societies. This qualitative phenomenological study was guided by two questions: How is economic value shaped by cultural values and Western and Asian constructs? How is the value of higher education constructed as an individual and/or collective good by colleges and universities in the Asia-Pacific region? Using notion of disjunctures, scapes, and flows as a framework of analysis, we interviewed 25 participants in higher education across the Asia-Pacific region. The findings yielded themes of Western dominance, Asian distinctions, and the complicated perceptions of higher education as an individual or collective benefit. The theoretical framework of scapes and flows provided a lens to examine new layers of hybridization and complexity in a rapidly evolving region. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01