2023 NCCU international course (Fall semester):

“International Trends in Higher Education Research and Quality Assurance”

By Angela Yung Chi Hou

Room 208

Appendix 2

Group Presentation APEC Higher Education Summit:

A New Balance between Globalization, Regionalization, and Localization in competitive higher education after COVID-19 pandemic  

(2023/ 11/ 11 )

       Globalization in higher education has been a common trend in the 21^st Century. Some education problems which originated from the various conceptions of the notion of globalization lead many educators and academic staffs to consider the reconstruction of core curriculum, personnel hiring and resource allocation. Besides, higher education also faces tension between localization and internationalization under the impact of global college rankings. However, high technology becomes a tool which is able to initiate innovative teaching strategies and change the interactive relationship between faculty and students. Distance education which could be regarded as a new production under the great development of technological education poses a great impact on academic localization.

        Due to the keen competition in higher education, many institutions are heading to the development of a cyber university, of, you bet, there is no exception for Asian higher education systems. However, a paradox between maintenance of academic localization, regionalization and development of globalization in higher education has been initiated in the early 21^st century. Asian higher education systems are facing the similar challenges inside and outside countries. As a representative of China, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, HK, etc, you would like to share your views on the issue and propose an initiative, which will enhance the quality of Asian higher education and strengthen harmonization with the region.

II. Content:

1. Introduction of country's HE, including internationalization strategies and QA system (7 min)

2. Challenges faced by your country in terms of globalization (5 mins)

3. Response to globalization and regionalization (3 mins)

4. A balance between globalization, and localization (3 mins)

5. COVID-19 impacts over your higher education system, TNE and online programs (3 min

6. New proposal for regional collaboration, talent mobility and quality assurance scheme for transnational higher education and online program after COVID-19 (5 mins)

III. Upload your key points in your country with 5 pages to NCCU on line learning system

Edward Su 

The course will be graded based on the following criteria:

1. Class discussions (20%). Contributions in class should reveal a substantial familiarity with assigned readings, a capacity to analyze the issues and problems under group discussion, and an ability to incorporate, synthesize, and constructively criticize the comments of classmates.

2. Group / Individual presentation (30 %).

3. English Final paper (50%)

1. William Yat Wai Lo and Chang Da Wan (2021). Revisiting the Asian regulatory regimes in transnational education: how local politics (re)oriented higher education policy in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. POLICY REVIEWS IN HIGHER EDUCATION 2021, VOL. 5, NO. 2, 113–130

2. SIMON MARGINSON (2006). Dynamics of national and global competition in higher education. Higher Education (2006) 52: 1–39

3. Jisun Jung , Hugo Horta & Gerard A. Postiglione (2021): Living in uncertainty: the COVID-19 pandemic and higher education in Hong Kong, Studies in Higher Education

4. Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Lu, I J. G., & Hill, C. (2022). What Has Been the Impact of COVID-19 on Driving Digitalization, Innovation and Crisis Management of Higher Education and Quality Assurance? – A Taiwan Case Study in Alignment with the INQAAHE Virtual Review. Higher Education Policy. (online) SSCI Q1

5. Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill, C., Justiniano, D., Lin, F. Y. A. (2021). Is employer engagement effective in external quality assurance of higher education? A paradigm shift or QA disruption from quality assurance perspectives in Asia. Higher Education. (online). SSCI Q1

6. Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill, C., Justiniano, D., Yang, C. & Gong, Q. (2021). Relationship between ‘Employability’ and ‘Higher Education’ From Global Ranker and Accreditor’s Perspectives—Does a Gap Exist between Institutional Policy Making and Implementation in Taiwan Higher Education? The Journal of Education and Work. 34(3), 292-312.