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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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International Organizations, Changing Governance and China's Policy Making in Higher Education: An Analysis of the World Bank and the World Trade Organization
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Yang, Rui – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
In a context of intensified globalization, the importance of international governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations as influencers and shapers of the global environment is becoming prominent. Participation in international organizations leads to active incorporation of nation-states with worldwide connotations. In higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
"Countability Not Answerability?" Accountability in Hong Kong and Singapore Universities
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Currie, Jan; Vidovich, Lesley; Yang, Rui – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2008
Singapore and Hong Kong are vying to be the principal educational hub for the Asia-Pacific region and have begun to compete with Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA in providing cross-border education. Although these four Anglo-American countries still dominate cross-border education, Singapore and Hong Kong hope to make inroads into this…
Descriptors: Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Comparative Education
Incorporation and University Governance: The Chinese Experience, Using University Enrolment Expansion Policy as an Example
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Yang, Rui – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2007
At the end of 1998, the Chinese central government decided to raise China's level of participation in higher education dramatically. While the move was influenced by a combination of both domestic and external forces, it was a decision fundamentally based on economic considerations. Using the university enrolment expansion policy as an example,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Enrollment