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Author Lao, Rattana, author

Title A critical study of Thailand's higher education reforms : the culture of borrowing / Rattana Lao
Published London [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Series Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
Routledge critical studies in Asian education.
Contents Globalization of higher education policy -- Selective borrowing and the historical development of Thai higher education -- The changing role of the Thai state and higher education administration -- The Asian economic crisis as window of opportunity: autonomous university -- Internationalization of teaching: quantitative and qualitative challenges -- The politics of international ranking and Thailand research landscape -- The emergence of quality policies and their rationales -- The global-local nexus of quality policies: the case of Onesqa -- The intended and unintended consquences of quality policies -- The culture of borrowing and Thailand reform fatigue
Summary This book offers a critical examination of contemporary higher education reforms in Thailand situated in the broader historical, socio-economic and political changes. Through a qualitative case study with three methods of inquiry, this book explores why different 'global education policies' such quasi-privatisation, internationalization, as quality assessment (QA) have resonated in Thailand higher education sector. Grounded in policy borrowing and lending, this book uses the politics, economics and culture of borrowing to analyse major reforms in Thailand for the past one hundred years. It is
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Subject Higher education and state -- Thailand
Education, Higher -- Thailand
Education, Higher
Higher education and state
Thailand
Form Electronic book
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