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Perishing Confucius

An Analysis of a Rupture Point in the Discourse of Taiwanese “New Higher Education”

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The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education

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Abstract

Like many other Higher Education (HE) sectors around the world (see, for example, Deem & Brehony, 2005; Dominelli & Hoogvelt, 1996; Hayes & Wynyard, 2002; Jary & Parker, 1998; Leung, 2007; Nkomo, 2009; Strathern, 2000), Taiwanese HE has been going through a dramatic transformation.

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  1. Assistant Professor of Sociolinguistics, Department of English, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan

    Li-ying Wu

  2. Business School, University of Surrey, UK

    Alexandra Bristow (Lecturer)

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  1. National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan

    Chuing Prudence Chou

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Wu, Ly., Bristow, A. (2014). Perishing Confucius. In: Chou, C.P. (eds) The SSCI Syndrome in Higher Education. Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-407-9_8

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