ERIC Number: EJ825035
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1478-2103
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University Restructuring in Singapore: Amazing or a Maze?
Lee, Michael H.; Gopinathan, Saravanan
Policy Futures in Education, v6 n5 p569-588 2008
The Singapore government has put forward a comprehensive restructuring program of university education since the 1990s. Public universities in Singapore are going to be developed as world-class universities through a series of university education policies and reforms. This article reviews major developments of university education policies and reforms in Singapore since the mid-1990s and examines critically the impact of the restructuring policies and reforms on the university system in Singapore. It is argued that universities in Singapore can enjoy a higher degree of institutional autonomy within a more stringent framework of public accountability. The university restructuring policy is not only aimed at transforming Singapore as a regional education hub, but also developing public universities in the island-state as world-class higher education institutions. Singapore's universities have to cope with many unprecedented changes and challenges amidst the restructuring process. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Global Approach, Politics of Education, Educational Strategies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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