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ProposedDPhilResearchOutline

Educa5on,YouthandGlobalisa5on:

YoungPeoplesExperiencesofPrivateHigherEduca5oninSingapore

YiEnCheng(M.Soc.Sci)

SchoolofGeography&theEnvironment

UniversityofOxford

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Presenta5onOutline

Introduc5on

TheSingaporeContext

PrivateHigherEduca5oninSingapore

SocialTensions&Issues

ResearchQues5on

ConceptualFramework&

Significance

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Introduc5on

-Regionaleduca.onhubsinAsia:prolifera.onofeduca.onalins.tu.onsand

na.onalstrategiestomarketuniversi.esasreputableandpres.gious

-Growingdemandforhighereduca.on(HE)byyoungpeopleplacesstresson

capacitytohighereduca.onalprovisionindomes.ccontexts(Mok,2008)

-Burgeoninglandscapeofprivateeduca.onalins.tu.onstohelpoff-loadHE

provision

-Exis.ngliteraturemostlyatmacro-level:Interna.onalisa.onstrategies;

transna.onalprovisionofservicesandac.vi.es;ques.onsabouteduca.onal

qualityandregula.onofprivateins.tu.ons

-Morethan35%ofstudentsacrossAsiaenrolledinprivatehighereduca.onal

ins.tu.ons(AsianDevelopmentBank,2012)

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TheSingaporeContext

-2keyplanksinshapingSingaporesHE:

(i)Longstandingrespectandculturalaspira.onforhigherlearningintheSEAregion(Welch,2011)

(ii)Ubiquitousgoalofachievingaknowledgesocietysincethe1990s;socialand

economicprogress=increasequalityandquan.tyofhighereduca.on

-Alsolinkedtoprocessofna.on-building:

(i)Mid-1960sstateinvestmentineduca.onandvoca.onaltrainingtoupgrade

humancapital

(ii)1991,MinistryofTradeandIndustryintroducedpolicyofinterna.onalisa.on

viatheStrategicEconomicPlan

(iii)2002,theGlobalSchoolhouseproject:massivechange,includingincreased

priva.sa.onofHEprovision

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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape

-Consistsoflocalins.tu.onsandoverseasbranchcampuses3localart

ins.tutes,12overseasbranchcampusesintheformofuniversi.esandins.tutes,andatleast40otherprivateins.tu.onsofferingawiderangeof

bachelordegreeprograms

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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape

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-About50%morethanSingaporeansstudyinginlocalpublicuniversi.es(45,000SporeansinNUS,NTU,

SMU)

-PrivateHEins.tu.onsinSingaporeallreportedagrowthinfull-.mestudentsoverlastfewyears

SingaporeIns.tuteofManagementsglobaleduca.on

armcitedanincreasefrom12,000in2010to14,300in

2012Kaplanalsocitedanannualgrowthof30-45%

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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape

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SingaporesPrivateH.E.Landscape

-PrivateHEinstatediscourse:privateeduca.onhasitsplacein

Singapore(PresidentTonyTan,July192011)

(i)expandedthechoicesofyoungpeople

(ii)broadenedaccesstohighereduca.on

-ButGopinathan(2007)haswarnedagainstacelebratorytonetowardstheemergenceofnewformsofeduca.onalsystemswithoutcri.cally

acknowledgingandassessingthecostsandtensionsthatcomealongwithsuch

changes

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SocialTensions&Issues

A)Stereotypes

-Publicuniversi.esviewedasthemainstream,desirableandsecurepathwaytowards

asuccessfulfuture;heavilyfundedbythestate,longerhistory,strongerreputa.onof

academicexcellence

-Thosewhostudyinprivateins.tu.onstendtobeperceivedasacademicallyweaker

duetothelesscompe..veacademicentrancerequirement(Sidhu,2005);asecond-rate

educa.onalexperience

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Source: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/

eat-drink-man-woman-16/sim-students-beh-kan-3396879.html

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SocialTensions&Issues

A)Stereotypes

Singaporeansenrolledinprivateschoolsarealsoawarethatemployerstendtorategraduatesfrompublicuniversi.esmorehighlyTheywerenotsurprisedtohearofSIMs

employmentsurveyfindings,whichshowedthatintermsofsalaries,itsgraduateslagged

behindthosefrompublicuniversi.es

(TheStraitsTimes,8June2012)

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Source: http://campus.sg.jobsdb.com/

SG/2011/05/06/getting-to-know-sim.html

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SocialTensions&Issues

B)ForeignTalentvsLocalDebates

-PopularbeliefthatSingaporeanyoungpeoplearesqueezedoutofthelocal

publicly-fundeduniversi.esduetoaninfluxofforeignstudents(NewYork

Times,27August2012)

-Interna.onalstudentsaccountfor18%ofthestudentbodyinlocalpublic

universi.es

-Governmentincen.vestoaractforeignstudentsperceivedasgovernments

obsessionwitheconomicdevelopmentatcostofthewelfareofSingaporeans

andtheirrightstoaccesshighqualityandaffordablehighereduca.on(ielocal

publicly-fundeduniversi.es)

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ResearchQues5on

-Focusonyoungpeoplespercep.onsandexperiences:

Howdoyoungpeopleperceiveprivatehighereduca5onandnavigatethe

globalisingeduca5onlandscapeinSingapore?

(i)HowdotheyunderstandHEinrela.ontopastandcurrentexperience?

(ii)Whataretheirgoalsandaspira.ons?Howdotheypursueit?What

challengesdotheyface?

(iii)Whatresourcesareavailabletothemtoovercomechallengesfacedin

naviga.ngtheeduca.onalchange?

(iv)Whatistheroleoffamilies,friends,andsocialrela.onshipsinshapingtheir

experience?

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ConceptualisingYoungPeoplesEduca5onalExperience

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SignificanceofStudy

(i) Economicrestructuringandimpactonyoungpeopleandfamilies(ii) Youngpeoplesvulnerabili.es,resourcefulness,andcompetenceinthe

faceofeduca.onalchange

(iii) Policyimplica.onsineduca.onandsocialdevelopment(cohesionand

immigra.on)