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Reforming Higher Education in Vietnam: Challenges and Priorities (Higher Education Dynamics Book 29) by Grant Harman, Martin Hayden, Pham Thanh Nghi (auth.), Grant Harman, Martin Hayden, Thanh Nghi Pham (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Here is a comprehensive and scholarly review of various dimensions of the higher education system in Vietnam. The book comes at a crucial time for this South East Asian country’s learning institutions. Vietnam is a dynamic regional player and, like its neighbors, is seeking rapid development of its higher education system. Since reform was first mooted in 1993, the numbers of young people going on to higher education have increased dramatically – up from 2 per cent in the early 1990s to over 13 per cent at present, and a higher system that was once comprised entirely of small, specialised institutions has been transformed into one in which the leading universities are large, multidisciplinary and progressively developing a research capability. Vietnam’s current approach to reform of its higher education system is extremely ambitious. Some argue that the nation may be at risk of attempting to do too much too quickly. By 2020, for example, Vietnam expects its higher education system to be advanced by modern standards and highly competitive internationally. This optimistic vision faces many challenges. The economy’s rapid growth masks a reliance on unskilled labor and the exploitation

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Author

Grant Harman, Martin Hayden, Pham Thanh Nghi (auth.), Grant Harman, Martin Hayden, Thanh Nghi Pham (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9789048136940

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Philosophy