GRADUATE STUDIES in ASEAN aspects:

What’s now?

and what’s next???

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nantana Gajaseni AUN Executive Director

Outlines :

• Higher education in global perspectives • Roles of graduate studies in ASEAN

integration • What is now? • What is next?

• Case of AUN

The foundation of a regional community

development

Higher education in global perspectives

Interconnected world

Transnational activities

Movement of peoples

Multicultural environment

Cross-border employability

Cross-border cooperation

Regional integration

are needed to be addressed by Higher Education Institutions

Emerging Challenges in Higher Education

HIGHER EDUCATION Emerging Challenges

• Increase in access to information • Easy access via ICT – access to more available options

• Movement of peoples • Cross-border employability – Quality Recognition required

• Brain drain

• Demands of post-industrial economy • Specialised skills / disciplines required

• Thus, there is an increase in competitive environment in

higher education.

Quantity Quality

Access

Cost

Education

Quality

Access and cost must not compromise with “Quality of Education”

How do we achieve this balance for education quality?

What is now?

Total population = 599.5 million (2010)

Friendship Trust

building Mutual benefit

Ten Nation, One Community by 2015

ASEAN MOTTO: “ONE VISION, ONE IDENTITY, ONE COMMUNITY”

ASEAN Friends

Rank Country Value

11 Singapore 2.708

45 Malaysia 0.331

75 Thailand 0.130

87 Vietnam 0.083

89 Philippines 0.077

90 Indonesia 0.074

100 Lao PDR 0.028

108 Cambodia 0.015

135 Myanmar 0.001

Note: 3 indices (1) Knowledge density; (2) Television-PC-Internet; and (3) Socio-economic environment (value 0-4)

Ref: Oliver De Meistre (2011). Quantitative Approach to Knowledge-based Society – Foundation. (ISBN 978-616-90717-1-5).

EEI World Ranking: Education Efficacy Index (EEI) (Qualitative Approach to Knowledge-based society-Foundation)

Disparity of education

development!!

Disparity in Development scale

HIGHER EDUCATION Disparity in Development

• The well-equipped ones may benefit from these changes through:

• advanced technology

• financial capability

• well-established infrastructure

• Disparity in development may cause the less-equipped the loss of

opportunities including in developing institutions, faculty and

human capacity.

However, to embrace the emerging challenges in higher education,

international cooperation is a more viable approach:

• cross-border issues need multi-lateral cooperation

• International cooperation bring mutual benefits

• Strong partnership may be further forged through the network

• This would lead to further and deepening cooperation in the future and

bring forth more opportunities.

Opportunities through regional cooperation….” ASEAN”

• Regionalisation • Suitable for those which may face difficulties for structural

adjustment

• Region integrating into single blog brings positive effects for

reformation and development:

• Pool of human resources

• Knowledge / experiences / ideas sharing

• Expansion of possible cooperation areas

• Utilise each institution’s strengths and expertise

• Increase volume of interactions and exchanges

• Closer cooperation will help build partnership and enable the

region to develop and grow together.

HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES through cooperation

• Changes in the global interconnectivity of

universities due to internationalisation • Growth in information and communication

technology and its effects on competition and collaboration in a global market

• Increasing drive around the world to develop knowledge societies based on high-skilled human resources and globally responsible leaders

Importance of Graduate studies

New paradigm of our future leaders

Sustainable World

New paradigm of our future leaders To develop

globally responsible

leadership, it needs to re-think

the entire management

education framework

Leadership development is life-long learning process!!! 1. Having awareness

2. Being actionable knowledge & guided practices

3. Doing independent application 4. Enabling skilled performance

Collaborative action learning and research platform

Enabling research in service of society locally and globally

• Research will need to adjust both its purpose and methods to serve society needs by encouraging the creation of solutions which address local and global trans- disciplinary challenges.

• The shifting in research emphasis means that scholars will direct their attention away from analysing historical events in flavour of future-oriented research.

• By engaging in an on-going dialogue with a wider range of stakeholders, researchers will be able to jointly identify research topics and add value by ensuring academic rigor and a critical academic perspectives.

Enabling research in service of society locally and globally

What is next?

Keys of Concern towards research collaboration for regional integration: 1. Willingness to working together under Inter-regional

Collaboration for socio-economic development?; 2. Finding the right partners with common area of

interest and system & quality recognition; 3. Equal partnership with mutual benefit; 4. Financial, policy and academic team support

(bottom-up/top-down approach); 5. Possible working together for seeking international

support!

What is next?

• Enhancing ASEAN’s Connectivity:

– FTA for regional sustainability

– Transportation for movement of goods and services

– Telecommunication of business and people

– ICT for business, education and other development

– Energy infrastructure for better use and distribution of resources

– National and regional-level challenges to build infrastructure

– Harmonisation of higher education quality in ASEAN

– Commonality of art and music in ASEAN

– Benefit or cost of MRAs to Thais beyond 2015

– Multicultural working behaviour among ASEAN Member States: what we learn from and how to adapt with!!!

More interesting research topics to be considered!!!…….

Research trends:

AUN as a network of

implementation for cross-

regional cooperation in

higher education

A S E A N + 8

A S E A N + 3

EU

ASEM

ASEAN

AUN

Case of AUN: Landscape of Cooperation

ASEAN University Network: In Brief

The 4th ASEAN Summit,

Charter of the ASEAN University Network

Agreement on the Establishment

of the ASEAN University Network

ASEAN Sectoral Ministerial Body

26 leading Universities in 10 ASEAN Nations

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

Indonesia

Lao PDR

Malaysia

Myanmar

The Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Viet Nam

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