Research on Transnational Higher Education Policy and
Governance
12 August 2010
Dr. Bong, Prof. Dr. Lee and Mr. Shanker
playing host to Dr. Ong
Dr. Ong interviewing Dr. Bong and his
team
Kuala Lumpur, 12 August 2010
- The Hong Kong Institute of Education sends its senior
research team to China, Singapore and Malaysia to interview
university leadership on views pertaining to transnational
higher education policy and governance in the region.
Professor Joshua K. H. Mok – Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences and Chair Professor of Comparative
Policy was represented in Malaysia by senior research
assistant and lecturer Dr. Ong Kok Chung. For
his visit, Dr. Ong was hosted by Vice Chancellor Dr.
Robert Bong in an hour’s interview at the Chancellery,
together with Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs,
Professor Dr. Lee Chai Buan, and Mr. Shanker a/l Sathivellu,
the University’s Vice President for Quality Assurance
and Enhancement. The research project aims to
produce a comprehensive review of governmental strategies
in promoting transnational higher education market in
Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Malaysia, with the hope
that critical reflections and insights could be drawn
from an intensive comparison among those cases.
The Hong Kong Institute of Education (www.ied.edu.hk)
has a heritage of 70 years in teacher training.
Established in 1994, it is the only University Grants
Committee-funded institution in Hong Kong dedicated
solely to professional teacher education. It is
a union of the former Northcote College of Education,
Grantham College of Education, Sir Robert Black College
of Education, the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College
and the Institute of Language in Education.
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12 Aug 2010
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