Asian flu spawns antibodies

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The Asian financial crisis in 1997 prompted several countries to stop sending students to the West, but the effects of the decline in the value of a number of Asian currencies may not be entirely negative. Many suppliers of tertiary education in developed countries have responded to the threat of a sharp fall in demand from Asian students by focusing on quality rather than on competing for students. The academic performance of overseas students has assumed greater importance as universities and foundations in the US, UK and Australia provide help in the form of scholarships, grants and loans.

Standards, Universities and colleges, Column, Students, Foreign, Foreign students

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Academic blind spot in Asia

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Asia has been studied by westerners and was initially labeled the Orient, and seen as exotic, and representative of otherness. There is also a long tradition of Asian societies studying each others' cultures. This occurred through trading links, for example, and there have also been studies of religion, such as Chinese works on Buddhism in India. Asian countries have sometimes moved toward the west for their role models and ceased to learn from each other. Yet there is much of value in Asian studies of fellow Asians.

International relations, Asia, Portrayals, Western Hemisphere

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The Asian renaissance

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Southeast Asian countries have had varying experiences in terms of the development of their educational systems. Modern universities were set up in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, India. Japan placed a great deal of emphasis on education, while China suffered military defeat and lacked enough of a national identity for a coherent national educational policy. Shanghai developed as a cultural center, and size appears to have helped education in China despite difficulties.

Social aspects, Education and state, Education policy, Southeast Asia

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