The institutional prospects of cross-border higher education for East Asian regional integration: An analysis of the JICA survey of leading universities in East Asia

Abstract

This chapter deals with the institutional prospects of cross-border higher education for East Asian regional integration, using an analysis of the JICA survey of leading universities in East Asia as the basis for their observations. The authors note that governments, higher educational institutions, international organizations, and international university associations are all discussing the construction of a new East Asian collaborative higher education framework as well as fostering the cross-border activities within East Asia. They examine universities' responses to the activeness of their cross-border activities, the significance of their expected outcomes, and the preferences of their region of partners and then attempt to project the directions of a future East Asian regional higher education framework.