Tigers Burning Bright

From Simon Marginson and Philip Altbach, in Times Higher Education

Asian higher education is on the rise in a success story that is shaking up the global order. Simon Marginson explains the importance of the Confucian model to the region’s progress, while Philip Altbach discusses the systemic problems that could limit its advances

Confucian higher education is a new kind of system; an alternative global template. In some respects, the drivers of the Confucian model differ from higher education in mainland Western Europe, the UK and the US, where the modern university was incubated.

Statements about “the rise of Asia” are misleading. Asia is larger and more heterogeneous than Europe. In some nations, higher education is stagnant. In others, it is gaining ground. And the 40 per cent of Asia situated in the “Confucian zone” is moving into the stratosphere.

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