This edited volume examines the importance of quality issues in contemporary higher education systems in the Asia Pacific. Part One foregrounds relevant discussions of 'quality' within today's globalized, interconnected, and complex higher education systems while Part Two focuses on selected universities in the Asia Pacific region. Chapter contributors discuss how quality issues and quality assurance mechanisms are implemented in their situation-specific systems. Part Three extends the research of higher education quality assurance in Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) and the diverse international student body in the Australian higher education system. The conclusion chapter discusses a typology of methods used by higher education systems in establishing effective quality assurance mechanisms.

About the Authors
Deane E. Neubauer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA, and Co-Director of the Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Catherine Gomes is Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University, Australia.

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Table of contents

Creating Cultures of Quality Within Asia Pacific Higher Education Institutions

Deane E. Neubauer, et al.

Development of the Self-Accrediting System in Taiwan and Its Impact on Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Fu Jen Catholic University

Angela Yung Chi Hou, et al.

From Strategic Thinking to a Plan of Action: The Process of Mapping Organizational Quality: A Case Study of the USC Rossier School of Education

Cathryn L. Dhanatya

Assuring Quality in Transnational Higher Education: A Case Study of Sino-Foreign Cooperation University in China

Han Xiao, et al.

Creative Moments in Company: A Quality Pursuing Case of an International Graduate Education Program in a Chinese University

Hong Zhu, et al.

Higher Education Massification and Quality Assurance in Vietnam: A Case Study of Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City

Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhat, et al.

Quality Assurance in the Era of Mass Higher Education in Japan

Shangbo Li

Quality Assurance and Quality Culture at a Public Higher Education Institution: A View from Within

Fauza Ab. Ghaffar, et al.

Creating a Culture of Quality: Navigating Change Toward a Culturally Responsive General Education Program

Valentina M. Abordonado

Casting the Net Wider: Coping with an Increasingly Diverse International student Body in Australia

Catherine Gomes

Conclusion: When All Is Said and Done

Deane E. Neubauer, et al.