TY - BOOK ID - 8434862 TI - Liberal Arts Education and Colleges in East Asia : Possibilities and Challenges in the Global Age AU - Jung, Insung. AU - Nishimura, Mikiko. AU - Sasao, Toshiaki. PY - 2016 SN - 9811005117 9811005133 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Education. KW - International education. KW - Comparative education. KW - Higher education. KW - Higher Education. KW - International and Comparative Education. KW - Education, Humanistic KW - Education, Higher KW - Universities and colleges KW - Colleges KW - Degree-granting institutions KW - Higher education institutions KW - Higher education providers KW - Institutions of higher education KW - Postsecondary institutions KW - College students KW - Higher education KW - Education, Liberal KW - Humanistic education KW - Liberal arts education KW - Liberal education KW - Education KW - Public institutions KW - Schools KW - Postsecondary education KW - Classical education KW - Education, Higher. KW - International education . KW - Education, Comparative KW - Global education KW - Intellectual cooperation KW - Internationalism KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8434862 AB - This book discusses liberal arts education and liberal arts colleges in the context of East Asia, specifically focusing on Japan, China and S. Korea where it has become an emerging issue in higher education in recent years. It first explores the development, concepts and challenges of liberal arts education and liberal arts colleges in East Asia. It then delineates the implications of the best practices of selected liberal arts colleges inside and outside East Asia, and offers policy and pedagogical guidelines for the future of liberal arts colleges and programs in East Asia and beyond. . ER -