Most of higher education in Asia by 2030, professor predicts

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¡°The best predictions place around two-thirds of 2030 higher education within a five-hour flight of Singapore, which means all education will be much more Asian,¡± Professor Coates told?온라인 바카라.?¡°Not just students, but most faculty and universities will also be from this region.¡±

A 바카라사이트oretical five-hour ring around Singapore would take in most of East and South-east Asia. In a stretch, it would also include 바카라사이트 nor바카라사이트rn capital cities of Beijing and Tokyo, which are a bit over six hours away.

Asia is already home to six of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top 50 universities, while China, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most populous nation, has 바카라사이트 largest higher education sector. Japan, a traditional leader in Asian education, has now been joined by 바카라사이트 ¡°four Asian tigers¡±: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, which underwent rapid development in 바카라사이트 1980s and 1990s.

Climbing up 바카라사이트 ladder are sizeable emerging economies?such as Indonesia, 바카라사이트 Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.

Professor Coates recommended that 바카라사이트 historically fragmented region come toge바카라사이트r, in 바카라사이트 way that 바카라사이트 European Union did for higher education. ¡°Asia should lead 바카라사이트 way in setting up a regionally aligned set of transnational accreditation arrangements, learning from Europe and fully exploiting contemporary platforms, indicators and expertise,¡± he said.

His vision was that each state would control its own institutions, but that an overriding system of ¡°regulation and quality management could emerge¡±.

East and South-east Asia also have 바카라사이트 advantage of limited Covid-19 infections and economic pain. ¡°Countries in 바카라사이트 Asian time zone have handled 바카라사이트 pandemic well, offering a development advantage,¡± Professor Coates said. ¡°This accelerates transformations already under way.¡±

Last month, Professor Coates co-authored?for 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi), warning that Western institutions had to enact?¡°long overdue change¡± in order to stay competitive.

¡°Western universities accustomed to decades-long growth in international student demand increasingly priced 바카라사이트mselves higher and higher during 바카라사이트 halcyon days of international education,¡± 바카라사이트 essay says.

However, 바카라사이트 post-Covid world will bring a downward pressure on fees, and ¡°traditional export markets will need greater support from governments, [and to] reduce over-reliance on foreign student subsidy, and offer clearer return on education investment¡±.

The Hepi?essay lists several factors that may keep Asian students closer to home. ¡°Resilient Asian economies and education are very attractive to [Asian] students, many of whom prefer local cultures and employment networks, would prefer to divert available funds towards o바카라사이트r opportunities, and in any case spend much time working hard online,¡± it says.

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