1. Introduction: Four Hypotheses of Higher Education Development; John N. Hawkins Deane E. Neubauer and Jung Cheol Shin PART I: CULTURAL TRADITION AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 2. Higher Education Development in East Asian Countries Focusing on Cultural Tradition and Economic Systems; Jung Cheol Shin 3. Between the East and the West: Challenges for Internationalizing Higher Education in Asia; Sheng-Ju Chan 4. East-West? Tradition and the Development of Hybrid Higher Education in Asia; John N. Hawkins 5. Situating Higher Education in China: From Universal History to the Research Paradigm; Yuan Xun PART II: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 6. Meeting Point of the East and the West: Globalizing or Localizing Higher Education in East Asia; Ka Ho Mok 7. Higher Education Development Culture and Economy in Indonesia; Fasli Jalal 8. Cultural and Historical Factors Influencing the Development of Higher Education in Thailand; Sakarindr Bhumiratana PART III: GLOBALIZATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT 9. The Globalized University as the Next Stage in Higher Education Development; Deane E. Neubauer 10. Globalization Practices in Asia-Pacific Universities; Molly N. N. Lee 11. Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adopting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy; Reiko Yamada 12 Conclusion: Is There An Asian Hybrid University?; John N. Hawkins Deane E. Neubauer and Jung Cheol Shin). Language: English