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Liberal arts education had its roots in Europe. It was then taken up in the US and is now being re-imported from the US into Europe where several new liberal arts institutions , mostly public, are being established. It’s concepts and practices are now being embraced in some countries in Asia where heretofore, economic development has been the driver and vocational, rather than academic studies, have dominated the curriculum. In this book, we focus on liberal arts colleges and programs in Asia and especially East Asia where this movement is most active.

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Professor Marijk van der Wende (Co-author of Chap. 10) for her valuable suggestions to improve this chapter. This book is prepared with the Science Research Promotion Fund of the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.

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Jung, I. (2016). Introduction. In: Jung, I., Nishimura, M., Sasao, T. (eds) Liberal Arts Education and Colleges in East Asia. Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0513-8_1

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