ERIC Number: EJ1099877
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-080X
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Connectivity for Whom and for What? A Normative Dimension of Education Hub
Lo, William Yat Wai; Ng, Felix Sai Kit
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v38 n3 p354-368 2016
This argument in this study is that the descriptive dimension of the concept of education hub, which focuses on the importance of connectivity in enhancing the competiveness of a place, is inadequate in addressing the educational values in globalising higher education. Therefore, it attempts to initiate a normative dimension of education hub through an empirical account of the experience of a group of Myanmar university students in Hong Kong and an engagement with the ideas of cosmopolitanisation and the notion of higher education as a "transnational" human right. By considering these stories from Myanmar, this study reveals the adoption of the internationalisation of higher education in promoting transnational justice and development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, College Students, Foreign Students, Civil Rights, Study Abroad, Student Mobility, Social Influences, Family Influence, Employment Opportunities, Access to Education, Educational Quality, Semi Structured Interviews, Case Studies, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Burma; Hong Kong
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