Academic freedom in countries of Asia / Charas Suwanwela.

Suwanwela, Charas.
Bangkok : Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), 2005.
20 p. ; 29 cm.
(APEID, UNESCO Bangkok Occasional Paper series paper No. 5)
Education – Asia.
Education – Asia--History.
Education – Pacific Area.
Educational planning – Asia.
Educational innovations – Asia.
Academic freedom – Asia.
Teaching, Freedom of – Asia
Pamphlet LA 1051 .S89 2005
15336
October 2005.
Professor Emeritus College of public health Chulalongkorn University Bangkok—title page.
Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID)—cover page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: Great diversity exists in countries of Asia regarding system of government, social values as well as the pattern and stage of development of the higher education system. Dynamicity and the current trend of reform bring interpretation of findings pertaining to academic freedom must take the circumstances into consideration. A review of documents in particular reports and websites has been combined with opinion and critical assessment by selected knowledgeable persons from the countries. Real cases or incidences were sought—(p. 3).