Introduction

Abstract

A number of trends and issues have conspired to bring questions of “knowledge production,” “research policy” and “research management” to the fore on the higher education policy agenda’s of many countries. However, to date, analysis of the role of higher education in research and knowledge production has concentrated on North America and Western Europe. This volume is one of the first edited compilations to focus on different national perspectives on knowledge production and research in higher education in the Asia Pacific Region. There is very strong interest in this topic, both within the region and elsewhere, as the nations of the Asia Pacific Region build knowledge-based economies and in so doing, expand and adapt their respective higher education systems.