Singapore’s Policy Designs for Higher Education and Economic Development Educating the Developmental State

This book provides an overview of Singapore’s higher education system, focusing in particular on its role in supporting and facilitating the city-state’s economic development policies. It discusses the various components of Singapore’s post-secondary higher education system, such as its public and p...

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Main Author: Woo, J.J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:SpringerBriefs in Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book provides an overview of Singapore’s higher education system, focusing in particular on its role in supporting and facilitating the city-state’s economic development policies. It discusses the various components of Singapore’s post-secondary higher education system, such as its public and private universities, polytechnics, institutes of technical education, private educational institutions, foreign universities, government-affiliated and private training institutions, among others, and explicates the linkages between higher education and economic development. Aside from educational institutions, this book also discusses the Skills Future scheme, which provides deep skills training to working adults in collaboration with the Singapore’s various higher education providers
Physical Description:X, 113 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789819612390