Higher education in Asian countries and the role of international ...

Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................... I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... XI
ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. XII
ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
1 PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCH ............................................................................................................... 8
1.1 RATIONAL ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.2 SETTING THE STAGE FOR RESEARCH .......................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.1 Purpose of the study .............................................................................................................................. 9
1.2.2 Why these three organization? .............................................................................................................. 9
1.2.3 Why study Asia? ..................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2.4 Why do from 1990 to onward? ............................................................................................................ 10
1.2.5 Selection of the countries for the study ............................................................................................... 10
1.2.6 Research questions .............................................................................................................................. 11
1.2.7 Hypotheses for the study ..................................................................................................................... 11
1.3 MODEL AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 13
1.3.1 Model design ....................................................................................................................................... 13
1.3.2 Data and evidence ............................................................................................................................... 14
1.3.3 Data and difficulties: a true story ........................................................................................................ 14
1.3.4 Source of data and evidence ................................................................................................................ 15
1.3.5 Scope of the study ................................................................................................................................ 16
1.4 SETTING PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................................................... 16
1.4.1 Limitations of the study ....................................................................................................................... 16
1.4.2 Delimitations set to the study .............................................................................................................. 16
1.4.3 Presumptions ....................................................................................................................................... 17
2 REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE ..................................................................................................... 19
2.1 THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE .................................................................................................................................. 20
2.2 IGOS’ IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY ....................................................................................................................... 21
2.3 HIGHER EDUCATION: AN EMERGING SECTOR AND A FIELD OF STUDY .............................................................................. 23