03089nam a22005415i 4500 978-981-96-1239-0 DE-He213 20251030114642.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241226s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819612390 978-981-96-1239-0 10.1007/978-981-96-1239-0 doi LB2300-2799.3 JNM bicssc EDU015000 bisacsh JNM thema Woo, J.J. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 89645 Singapore’s Policy Designs for Higher Education and Economic Development [electronic resource] : Educating the Developmental State / by J.J. Woo. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. X, 113 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda SpringerBriefs in Education, 2211-193X Introduction -- Singapores higher education system -- Skills mastery continuous education and training -- Higher education and economic development human capital -- Higher education and economic development innovation -- Higher education as policy design state of the art and emerging challenges. 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. Education, Higher. Education and state. 58709 International education . 59403 Comparative education. 57842 Higher Education. 68980 Educational Policy and Politics. 71022 International and Comparative Education. 69637 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819612383 Printed edition: 9789819612406 SpringerBriefs in Education, 2211-193X 68984 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1239-0 ZDB-2-EDA ZDB-2-SXED 66075 66075