Singapore’s “Global Schoolhouse” Aspirations

Authors

  • Jason Tan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.87.9501

Keywords:

Singapore, higher education, global schoolhouse, international education

Abstract

Singapore’s Trade and Industry Ministry announced an ambitious ‘global schoolhouse’ vision in 2002. This vision, which was clearly economically-driven in nature, involved Singapore capturing a share of the lucrative international education market by attracting 150,000 international full-fee paying students by the year 2015. Fourteen years down the road, it appears that the target is nowhere near attainment. 

Author Biography

Jason Tan

Jason Tan is associate professor, policy & leadership studies, National Institute of Education, Singapore.

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Published

2016-09-01

How to Cite

Tan, J. (2016). Singapore’s “Global Schoolhouse” Aspirations. International Higher Education, (87), 9–10. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.87.9501

Issue

No. 87: Fall 2016

Section

Branch Campuses and Transnational Education

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