Transnational Education Crossing 'Asia' and 'the West'

This book identifies and discusses four phenomena in transnational education (1) the planned, evolving and transformative mediocrity behind the endorsement of English-medium education legitimized by the interactive Asia-the West relationship; (2) the strategic employment of the terms 'Asia/Asian' and 'West/Western' by all stakeholders in their perceptions and construction of choice, quality, rigour, reliability and attractiveness of programs, courses, and locations; (3) the adjusted desire for an imagined 'West' among various stakeholders of transnational education; and (4) the assigned and self-realized ownership of English by otherwise normally on-the-margin groups of speakers.

Phan Le-Ha is with the College of Education at The University of Hawai-i at M-noa. She also holds an adjunct appointment in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.

Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Defining a Stance 2. Foregrounding the Debates 3. The West, Asia, and 'The Rise of Asia' 4. Engaging with the 'Convenient' Western- Asian Paradox 5. English, Internationalisation of Higher Education, and Identity: Increasing Academic Monolingualism and English-only Package 6. Appropriating and Abusing Transnational Education in Saudi Arabia: Commericalisation, Neoliberalism, Desire, and English (with Osman Barnawi) 7. Student Identities in Transnational Space: Vietnam in Focus 8. Intercultural Interactions in English-medium Programmes as Imagined Interactions with a 'Western' Entity 9. International Teaching Staff and International Students Raising Concerns over Questions of Integration and Belonging in TNE 10. Transnational Education and Dream Realization: From the Philippines to Vietnam, From Afghanistan to Dubai, From Everywhere in Asia to Thailand 11. Desiring International /Transnational Education: Theorisation of Key Concepts and Next Steps from Here 12.Afterword References