Education hubs are the newest development in the international
higher education landscape. Countries, zones and cities are trying
to position themselves as reputed centres for higher education and
research. But given higher education’s current
preoccupation with competitiveness, branding, and economicÂ
benefits are education hubs merely a fad, a branding exercise, or
are they an important innovation worthy of serious investment and
attention? This book tries to answer the question through a
systematic and comparative analysis of the rationales, actors,
policies, plans and accomplishments for six serious country level
education hubs - United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Botswana . The in-depth case studies shows that "one
size does not fit all". A variety of factors drive countries to
prepare and position themselves as an education hub. They include
income generation, soft power, modernization of domestic tertiary
education sector, economic competitiveness, need for trained work
force, and most importantly a desire to move towards a knowledge or
service based economy. In response to these different motivations,
three different types of education hubs are being developed: the
student hub, talent hub, and knowledge/innovation hub. Scholars,
policy makers, professionals, students and senior decision makers
from education, economics, geography, public policy, trade,
migration will find that this book challenges some assumptions
about crossborder education and provides new insights and
information.Â
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Release date: |
September 2016 |
| First published: |
2014 |
| Editors: |
Jane Knight
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
251 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9402407334 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
9402407332 |
| Barcode: |
9789402407334 |
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