New IIE-AIFS Book Looks at Asia's Rise as a Global Power in Higher Education

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Asia: The Next Higher Education Superpower? critically examines recent trends driving higher education policies in Asia and explores their local and global impact. Featuring an impressive group of leading scholars, practitioners, and education policy experts these chapters look at how governments, universities, the private sector, and international organizations are meeting the diverse challenges and opportunities across the region. This volume is edited by Rajika Bhandari, IIE's Deputy Vice President for Research and Evaluation, and Alessia Lefébure, Director of the Alliance at Columbia University and Adjunct Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. It is the ninth volume in the Global Education Research Reports series published by IIE and the AIFS Foundation.

"The center of gravity in higher education is perceptibly shifting to Asia where more than half of the world's population is found. This thought-provoking book raises new questions about interconnectedness and interdependence in higher education with the Asian factor fully in focus."

— Anne Pakir, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore

"The rise of Asia has been a big theme of the global university rankings in recent years, with data showing some outstanding progress by a number of key universities backed by exceptionally generous funding and strong political will. But questions still remain about the true potential of Asia's universities and whether they can truly break the Western hegemony—so this book comes at a very important time."

— Phil Baty, Editor, Times Higher Education World University Rankings