Singapore's global schoolhouse strategy
Retreat or Recalibration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Waring (0009-0009-7145-7511, Newcastle University Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 874-884 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2012.754867 |
| OpenAlex | W2093032838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 5 |
In 2002 a high-level economic review committee recommended that Singapore position itself as a ‘global schoolhouse’. An ambitious target was set to attract 150,000 international students to Singapore by 2015 and to lift the education sector's contribution to GDP from 1.9% to 5% in the same timeframe. The global schoolhouse was viewed as producing a number of policy complementarities including addressing population, labour market and economic priorities. This article reviews the last 10 years of Singapore's global schoolhouse strategy from its inception until the present time. It examines the policy successes and setbacks, and present statistical evidence of its performance. In particular, the article examine the development of both the public and private higher education sectors in Singapore, the growth of the tuition grant scheme in the public universities and the introduction of the Private Education Act of 2009 in the private sector. It is argued that the 2011 general election in Singapore has proved to be an historic watershed and exposed considerable tensions between local needs and global ambitions in higher education
Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Global education · Higher education · Political science · Population · Private sector · Public sector · Sociology · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 1,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |