Asia's Educational Edge: Current Achievements in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and India [Paperback]

The United States in the past half-century has consistently led the world in the strength of its economy and in scientific research and development. Now, this position at the forefront of industry and innovation is threatened.Asia's Educational Edgewarns that the United States relies heavily on the talent of foreign-born scientists and engineers-skilled workers who face increasing, and increasingly favorable, options for employment elsewhere. East Asia's and India's emerging economies are expanding their own higher education capacity in the sciences and their own research and development infrastructure. Accordingly, the United States faces great and growing competition in attracting talented students and professionals from the international community. In this carefully researched volume, Yugui Guo asks: Can the U.S. education system succeed in training enough high-quality students in the sciences to meet the ever-growing need?Asia's Educational Edgeis essential reading for industrial and research leaders, policy makers, educators, and scholars of international and comparative education.Yugui Guo is distinguished professor at the China Institute of Education Policy at Beijing Normal University, and past director of the Center for Global Studies in Education at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Yugui Guo is a unique resource in international comparative education. He provides objective assessments of the educational strengths and weaknesses of the five major Asian countries that are accelerating their degrees in science and engineering, and gives an interesting Asian perspective on the U.S. educational system. Jean M. Johnson, National Science Foundation

At a time when U.S. political and business leaders are becoming increasingly alarmed at the relocation of skilled jobs overseas as a result of outsourcing, this book is a welcome contribution to the current debate on education policies and economic competitiveness. . . . [It] warl.