Impact of globalization : a study of quality assurance systems of higher education in Hong Kong and Singapore

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Comparative Education Review

Publication Date

5-1-2000

Volume

44

Issue

2

First Page

148

Last Page

174

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Abstract

Fashionable terms,such as “excellence,” “competitiveness,” “efficiency,” “accountability,” and “devolution,” and different strategies, such as internal audit, quality assurance, performance pledges, and management-byobjectives, have been adopted by many governments and institutions as they attempt to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services. Education is an important public service, and, as such, it is not immune from the tidal force of “managerialism” and the prominence of “economic rationalism” that are sweeping the public sector. This article examines how higher education in Hong Kong and Singapore has been aflFected by one aspect of globalization - the tidal force of managerialism - particularly the mechanisms and managerial systems that the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have adopted in response to the global wave of “quality assurance.”

DOI

10.1086/447601

Print ISSN

00104086

Publisher Statement

Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

Additional Information

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034378475&partnerID=40&md5=49a543e5038ce940d991b36ebed21763

Full-text Version

Publisher’s Version

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Mok, K. H. (2000). Impact of globalization: A study of quality assurance systems of higher education in Hong Kong and Singapore. Comparative Education Review, 44(2), 148-174. doi: 10.1086/447601

Share

COinS