Mass Higher Education and Its Challenges for Rapidly Growing East Asian Higher Education

Shin, Jung Cheol

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12673-9_1

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“…Due to the lack of scholar research on Vietnamese higher education, the fact that the country’s system lags behind even many of its Asian neighbors, along with similarities in the development of higher education in Asia (Shin, 2015), perhaps further comparative research on governance of education sectors in Vietnam and other Asian countries would provide multi perspectives and produce diverse practical implications on the subject.…”

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An overview of strategic responses of Vietnamese higher education institutions

Ngoc

2020

IJEM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the strategic management of Vietnamese higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach The paper examined the external environment of the country’s education system based on the five forces framework by Michael Porter and inspected the strategies of universities and colleges. Findings It was concluded that lack of environmental analysis from both the government and higher education institutions themselves diminishes the intended effectiveness of the reforms; problems of skill shortage in the labor market, staff insufficiency and poor quality are prevalent; and that strategies developed by the institutions are purely responsive to the State’s direction without considering sustainability. Research limitations/implications Lack of literature on Vietnamese higher education limits timely analysis. Practical implications Strategic planning based on a thorough investigation of the environment is imperative to enhance the performance of the education system generally as well as of academic institutions individually. The government plays a key role in developing initiatives to enhance staff capabilities and improve quality of educational outputs. Originality/value There has not been any paper that approached Vietnam’s higher education management under such an analytical framework.

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An overview of strategic responses of Vietnamese higher education institutions

Ngoc

2020

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“…Drop in quality may also be a natural consequence of the changing demographics and a decrease in public funding for higher education, especially for per capita measure. As countries have begun to expand access to higher education with a minimum increase in public resources, students' preparation levels are generally lower than before yet their classroom sizes are bigger under massified higher education (Shin, 2015). The challenge for most policymakers is the coming up with a higher education system that combines quality with mass access.…”

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African Perspective of the Challenges and Prospects of Massification of Higher Education

Kipchumba¹

2019

Editon Cons. J. Curr. Educ. Stud.

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This article provides an overview of massification on higher education in Africa over the past four decades. It discusses the forces behind its expansion, challenges and prospects in its attempt to offer quality education. In recent years, Africa's higher education has undergone an unprecedented transformation, including the phenomenal expansion of the sector in terms of numbers and diversity of institutions and academic programmes, rapid growth in enrollments, development of quality assurance frameworks, and enhancement of institutional governance, among other things. These transformations are a consequence of many new events, which have allowed the sector to start regaining its key position in terms of Africa's development. In Africa, the massification of higher education has taken place mainly because of advancement at primary and secondary education levels, therefore, resulting in a large group of graduates seeking access to higher education. Africa has witnessed increased enrollments into post-secondary training institutions, and therefore, higher education has faced challenges such as funding, institutional management and governance, quality and relevance and strain on its infrastructure. Massification in higher education in Africa is characterised by capacity expansion both in private and public universities in the wake of the high demand. Massification has brought in some of the prospects such as continuous improvement in education systems, innovations, knowledge management, and country’s development. The study concludes that the government should provide some assistance to universities and colleges but restrict their establishment and growth to those that can provide new programs in areas of critical need such as technology, economics and sciences.

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“…These could all have serious consequences. Educators and scholars have expressed concerns about the quality of education provided by HEIs and the protection of consumers of that education (Dunrong, 2015;Shin 2015;Thompson-Whiteside, 2013). One of the downsides to the massification, particularly in countries with historically under-developed higher education, is that it has been difficult to rapidly develop academics, programmes and curricula that are of high quality (Ramirez and Berger, 2014).…”

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Perceptions of higher education quality at three universities in Vietnam

Pham

Starkey

2016

QAE

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Purpose Vietnam is experiencing rapid expansion in the provision of higher education that requires quality assurance appropriate for the Vietnamese-centralised Confucian cultural context. This paper aims to examine the concept of quality from the perspectives of academic leaders, quality assurance members and academics at three higher education institutions in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach Based on an interpretative study, semi-structured interviews were used as a major research instrument augmented with document analysis across three case studies. Interviews were conducted with 35 participants from three groups of stakeholders. Findings The concept of quality was found to be under-conceptualised in this Vietnamese context. Quality was conceptualised as meeting societal needs across the case studies underpinned by the belief that the purpose of higher education is to prepare graduates for employment. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in similar disciplines at three state-owned universities in Vietnam in 2011. This provides insight within this context and timeframe that may not be generalised. It is suggested to extend this research to other disciplines, the private sector and other groups of stakeholders. Practical implications The paper discusses the necessity of revisiting the philosophy of higher education and re-conceptualising quality in Vietnam that informs quality assurance processes that are relevant to the cultural context. Originality/value This paper provides a centralised Confucian perspective to the literature on quality assurance in higher education. How quality is perceived by academic leaders, quality assurance members and, in particular, academic staff can be used to inform policy. In a centralised country such as Vietnam, academic leaders and quality assurance members may indicate their “obedient” attitudes to policies, leading to the same view with what is centrally enacted, while the academic staff have a different perception of quality.

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Mass Higher Education and Its Challenges for Rapidly Growing East Asian Higher Education

Cited by 10 publications

References 49 publications

An overview of strategic responses of Vietnamese higher education institutions

An overview of strategic responses of Vietnamese higher education institutions

African Perspective of the Challenges and Prospects of Massification of Higher Education

Perceptions of higher education quality at three universities in Vietnam

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