Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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

Reviews

"In a context where many Asian parents and students aspire to a 'Western' education, and American universities and schools are caught up in a terminal case of 'Asia-envy' - this is a timely and important work. Phan Le Ha makes it impossible for any of us to take the official marketing and spin about the value of East/West, Asia/America educational exchange at face value." Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia"If the academic understanding of the East-West dichotomy is complicated, Phan's work is a theoretical and philosophical relationship counselor for the issue. This book is part of a larger body of work by Phan that serves to complicate oversimplified dichotomies and clarify what seems to be overly complex layers of difference. You may not agree with all of the positions and arguments, but you will benefit from considering their merit." Christopher S. Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Azusa Pacific University, USA

In addressing an extensive range of fundamental issues and problems surrounding transnational education, including for example English language policy and practice, and understandings and implications of ‘Asian’ versus ‘Western’ discourses, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the internationalisation of higher education globally. Emeritus Professor Anne Chapman, The University of Western AustraliaIn a context where many Asian parents and students aspire to a 'Western' education, and American universities and schools are caught up in a terminal case of 'Asia-envy' - this is a timely and important work. Phan Le Ha makes it impossible for any of us to take the official marketing and spin about the value of East/West, Asia/America educational exchange at face value. Emeritus Professor Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology