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Author:   David Jenn
Publisher:   American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Imprint:   American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.002kg
ISBN:  

9781563477027

ISBN 10:   1563477025
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   20 August 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Wang Gungwu on Higher Education: The University and the Community; National Education and the Scientific Tradition; Who Should Pay for Universities?; A Very Peculiar Business; The University as a Global Institution; The Asian Renaissance; Cities Light Torch of Excellence; Lessons Closer to Home; The Asia-Pacific: Region and Universalism in Higher Education; The Modern University in Australia and Asia; Social Science and Asia; Shifting Paradigms and Asian Perspectives: Implications for Research and Teaching; The Classics and the East Asian Entrepreneur; Universities and Modernity for Asia; New Interest in Old Powers; Change and Adaptation: NUS at 100; The Chinese Pursuit of Higher Education; New University, Three Generations: China, Malaya, Singapore 1949 - 2007; Versailles' Chinese Legacy; Commonwealth Universities in Eastern Asia; You've Come a Long Way; Academic Blind Spot in Asia; English Rules the Waves; Rise of Anglo-Chinese; Wang Gungwu and His Works; Chronology of Professor Wang Gungwu.

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David C. Jenn received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1987. From 1976 to 1990 he worked in the defense industry. Since 1990 he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School where he is a Professor. His research has focused on the design and analysis of high-performance

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