by Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN TAIWAN Vital Facts and Figures Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast…
by John C. Weidman (University of Pittsburgh) and Namgi Park (Kwangju National University of Education, South Korea) READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA 1. Introduction Education is one of the hottest topics in Korea at the moment and frequently makes headline news…
The current higher education system in Korea is derived from both Eastern and Western traditions. After centuries of Confucian influence, the advent of missionaries from Europe and the United States facilitated a shift towards Western-oriented education in the late 1800s. In addition to establishing many…
by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR, and Xiao Chen, Area Specialist, WES CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION OF CHINA The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous nation, with 1.2 billion people and more than 50 ethnic groups. About 80 percent…
By Sonja Bhan, WES Group Manager The system of higher education in India is one of the largest in the world. In just four years, the number of universities rose from 178 in 1997 to 256 in 2001. Between 1994 and 1999, more than 500…