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Improving School to University Transitions During Mass Higher Education: A Policy Perspective

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Mass Higher Education Development in East Asia

Part of the book series: Knowledge Studies in Higher Education ((KSHE,volume 2))

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This chapter addresses the policy issue of how to improve the transition from school to university of an increasing number of students in developing countries in Asia. Based on data about rising enrollments in higher education, the paper identifies ways to improve the alignment between schools and universities in a manner that will maintain an efficient balance between the quantity and quality of higher education.

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    In the Bologna declaration of 1999, European ministers with responsibility for higher education initiated the Bologna process by setting out the goal of establishing the European Higher Education Area by 2010. After a decade of reforms, in April 2009, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to continue the Bologna process and expressed the need to consolidate reforms in the period towards 2020 (EUA 2011).

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The author acknowledges and thanks the Asian Development Bank for permission to use data form the report Improving Transitions from School to University to Workplace Prepared by Gerard A. Postiglione.

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  1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Gerard A. Postiglione

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  1. Department of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Jung Cheol Shin

  2. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Gerard A. Postiglione

  3. Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

    Futao Huang

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Postiglione, G.A. (2015). Improving School to University Transitions During Mass Higher Education: A Policy Perspective. In: Shin, J., Postiglione, G., Huang, F. (eds) Mass Higher Education Development in East Asia. Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12673-9_15

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