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Scientific Development and Higher Education: The Case of Newly Industrializing Nations
Scientific Development and Higher Education The Case of Newly Industrializing Nations Author:Philip G. Altbach, Charles H. Davis, Thomas O. Eisemon, S. Gopinathan, H. Steve Hsieh, Sungho Lee, Pang Eng Fong, Jasbir Sarjit Singh This is the first book to provide detailed analysis of the relationship between higher education and scientific research in key Third World countries. Focusing on four of the most successful of the newly industrializing countries--Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore--the authors examine the intersection between outstanding economic deve... more »lopment in these four countries and the higher education and research establishments they have developed. The study combines careful analysis of the current status of scientific research in higher education with detailed ethnographic case studies of scientific work.« less