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Learning and Education Policy
- Reflection: The Larger Context
for the journal of the Ohio State University College of Education., Vol. 45, Number 2, 2006
This was an article for their special issue on :"Learning, Teaching, Leading--a Global Perspective." While most of the articles in the issue focused on pedagogy and management, I described the policy, cultural, and social context in which this takes place . Focus must shift from the how learning to the purpose of learning.
A Paradox of the Public Good: How far should we democratize?
for the Journal of Asian Public Policy, Routleddge, London, 2008
This substantive research article was published in their focused issue on tensions between education as a public good and as a private commodity. In it I point out how the implementation of the best policies could have unforeseen effects in practice and on other policies. I draw out some case studies to illustrate this phenomenon.
- The Impact of Educational Research on Decision-Making in Education: A perspective from Asia
(w/ Rupert Maclean), in International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia Pacific Region, p.1181-1191, Kluwer, London, 2003.
This publication entry was actuality taken from an article by the co-authors in Prospects, 30(4), Paris, February, 2000. I had always been bothered by the gap between academics and policy makers. As Dean of a graduate school, I saw dozens of theses with little relevance to policy; as Undersecretary, I felt the need for informed research to guide policy decisions, but as academe was not forthcoming, I had to rely on partner agencies or consultant firms.
Some Current Issues, Concerns, and Prospects
(w/ Maclean), in Prospects, (30)3, Paris, September, 2000.
The authors were guest editors on this Prospects issue on education in Asia. The editorial overview introduces the articles that follow and scans principal issues and concerns of education in this dynamic region.
Accreditation in the Philippines: A Case Study
(w/ Gina Ordonez), in Quality and the Public Good:: Higher Education in Asia Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2009 (forthcoming)
In most countries of Asia (as in Europe), the accreditation mechanism is a governmental or quasi-governmental responsibility. It is also a relatively recent phenomenon in most Asian countries. This illustrative case study describes the private-led character of accreditation in the Philippines (as in the U.S.), and recounts its long history.
Evolving Patterns of Organization and Management in Asian Universities
For the International Institute of education (IIE), New York, 1974.
In hindsight, it seems that I was already deeply concerned, as far back as 32 years before we established IFE 2020, about the limited potential of traditional academic structures and programs in most universities to effectively serve society. The call for new patterns still resonates today; either I have not changed much, or universities have not changed much.
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Several regions around the world have been meeting to prepare their contributions to the World Conference on Higher Education, to be held in Paris on July 8-9, 2009. The next regional conference will be in New Delhi, India, on February 27-28.
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