International Journal of Comparative Education and Development: Volume 22 Issue 1

Quality assurance for private universities in Bangladesh: A quest for specialised institutional governance, management and regulatory mechanism

Gazi Mahabubul Alam

Commitment of governments and development partners in achieving both qualitative and quantitative measurements for primary and secondary provisions is the key reason for the…

“In spite of the way the world is”: What United States educators can learn from their counterparts in Cuba

Timothy G. Cashman

The purpose of this paper is to provide comparative perspectives on how educators teach issues that affect two countries with a history of governmental tensions. The investigation…

Reducing costly free-rider effects via OASIS

Ming Ming Chiu, Chi Keung Woo, Alice Shiu, Yun Liu, Bonnie X. Luo

A team member might exert little effort and exploit teammates’ work (free riding), which can discourage their efforts. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether free riding…

Family socioeconomic status and students’ choice of STEM majors: Evidence from higher education of Cambodia

Kao Sovansophal

The purpose of this paper is to explore the trends of Cambodian government scholarship students’ choice of academic major; the significant association between family socioeconomic…

All education for some? International development and shadow education in Cambodia

Will Brehm, Fatih Aktas

The purpose of this paper is to compare two UNESCO reports on educational development in Cambodia, one from 1955 and the other from 2010, in order to understand how the global…

Motivational factors among international postgraduate students in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Keenan Daniel Manning

The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence internationally mobile students’ decision making regarding their choice to study in Hong Kong and Taiwan.