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The Philippines and the Global Labor Market: An Emergent Form of Trans-regional Influence on Philippine Higher Education

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Higher Education Regionalization in Asia Pacific

Part of the book series: International and Development Education ((INTDE))

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There is a song that goes “Money makes the world go round, the world go round, the world go round.” And that is as true of the world of Philippine higher education as it is of the rest of the world. The student is driven by his/her dream to work overseas for higher pay, the higher education institution (HEI) is driven by the opportunity to capture a student market willing to pay for a degree in demand by overseas employers, and employers of global firms are still driven by the desire and ability to source cheap labor from developing countries.

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Authors
  1. Regina M. Ordonez
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    John N. Hawkins (Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for International and Development Studies) (Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for International and Development Studies)

  2. Faculty of Social, University of Hong Kong, China

    Ka Ho Mok (Associate Dean and Professor) (Associate Dean and Professor)

  3. University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA

    Deane E. Neubauer (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Senior Research Scholar) (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Senior Research Scholar)

  4. Globalization Research Center (UHM), USA

    Deane E. Neubauer (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Senior Research Scholar) (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Senior Research Scholar)

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© 2012 John N. Hawkins, Ka Ho Mok, and Deane E. Neubauer

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Ordonez, R.M. (2012). The Philippines and the Global Labor Market: An Emergent Form of Trans-regional Influence on Philippine Higher Education. In: Hawkins, J.N., Mok, K.H., Neubauer, D.E. (eds) Higher Education Regionalization in Asia Pacific. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311801_8

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