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University Restructuring in Singapore: Amazing or a Maze?
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The Singapore government has put forward a comprehensive restructuring program of university education since the 1990s. Public universities in Singapore are going to be developed as world-class universities through a series of university education policies and reforms. This article reviews major developments of university education policies and reforms in Singapore since the mid-1990s and examines critically the impact of the restructuring policies and reforms on the university system in Singapore. It is argued that universities in Singapore can enjoy a higher degree of institutional autonomy within a more stringent framework of public accountability. The university restructuring policy is not only aimed at transforming Singapore as a regional education hub, but also developing public universities in the island-state as world-class higher education institutions. Singapore's universities have to cope with many unprecedented changes and challenges amidst the restructuring process.
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- Authors
- Lee, M. H., & Gopinathan, S.
- Affiliations
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Michael H.
- Gopinathan, Saravanan
- ORCID
- Lee, Michael H.
- Venue
- Policy Futures in Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 569-588
- ISSN
- 1478-2103 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2105839269
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 21.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Policy Futures in Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Governance and Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Socioeconomic Development in Asia
- Social Sciences › Education › Global Education Systems and Policies
- Keywords
- university restructuring, higher education policy, public universities, institutional autonomy, public accountability, world-class universities, Singapore higher education, educational reform
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