Wang Gungwu, educator & scholar / Wang Gungwu ; editors, Zheng Yongnian, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Phua Kok Khoo, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore.
| Author/creator | Wang, Gungwu |
| Other author | Zheng, Yongnian. |
| Other author | Phua, K. K. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013] |
| Description | xviii, 242 pages ; illustrations, map : 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Wang Gungwu, educator and scholar |
| Incomplete content | The university and the community -- National education and the scientific tradition -- Who should pay for universities? -- A very peculiar business -- The university as a global institution -- The Asian renaissance -- Cities light torch of excellence -- Lessons closer to home -- The Asia-Pacific: region and universalism in higher education -- The modern university in Australia and Asia -- Social science and Asia -- Shifting paradigms and Asian perspectives: implications for research and teaching -- The classics and the East Asian entrepreneur -- Universities and modernity for Asia -- New interest in old powers -- Change and adaptation: NUS at 100 -- The Chinese pursuit of higher education -- New university, three generations: China, Malaya, Singapore 1949-2007 -- Versailles' Chinese legacy -- Far East looks to the future -- You've come a long way -- Academic blind spot in Asia -- English rules the waves -- Rise of Anglo-Chinese. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012035456 |
| ISBN | 9789814436625 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |