Transnational Governances in Higher Education

New Universities, Rhetorics, and Networks in Postwar Singapore

Bibliographic Data

ID6059676
AuthorsGrace Ai-Ling Chou, Grace Ai–Ling Chou (0000-0003-1790-0243, Lingnan University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume47
Issue3
Pages260-273
Publication date2015-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1056-4934 • E-ISSN: 1944-7086
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10564934.2015.1065391
OpenAlexW1678216170
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

At the close of World War II, Japan’s ouster from Malaya led to the resumption of British control and a new outlook toward political independence. Higher education would play a central role in this complex transition, where the forces of decolonization and nation-building converged with drives toward both interethnic competition and multiethnic cooperation. These tensions stimulated a multiplicity of new rhetorics and new networks for universities and university students. This paper uses the framework of governance to uncover the contrasting rhetorics and networks produced by postwar Singapore’s new universities. By examining their structures and mechanisms of governance, the paper demonstrates how the sudden catapulting of university education to a crucial socio-political position redefined the intersections between education, language, culture, and nation. In doing so, it reveals that these redefinitions forecasted contemporary discourse and mechanisms in higher education

Corporate governance · Decolonization · Economics · Higher education · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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