Education
Scholarly Publications
Fateful Decisions: Choices That Will Shape China's Future
May 2020
Explore our series of multimedia interviews and Q&As with the contributors to this volume: China’s Incentives to Work Within the U.S.-led International Order Remain Compelling, Argues Thomas...
International Student Networks as Transnational Social Capital: Illustrations from Japan
April 2019
This paper examines how social isolation in a non-Anglophone context where English is not the main language of instruction for local students but is for international students, has unintended...
From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation and Linkage
February 2018
The development community has increased its focus on higher education over the past two decades, recognizing that education can contribute to building up a country’s capacity for participation in...
Other Publications
Future Visions: Opportunities and Challenges of Korean Studies in North America
December 2018
On November 1-2, 2018, the two-day conference "Future Visions: Opportunities and Challenges of Korean Studies in North America" was convened by Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program to examine the...
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2015-16
November 2016
Shorenstein APARC's center overviews provide detailed information about Shorenstein APARC's mission, history, faculty, financial support, organizational structure, projects, and programs.
Reforming Higher Education: Meeting the Challenges of Global Competition in the Digital Information Age
November 2012
Education has provided the critical foundation for Asia’s rapid economic growth. However, in an increasingly globalized and digital world, higher education faces an array of new challenges.
News
Opinion: Next Korea, Next Generation
January 2019
Researchers in the Korea Program regularly contribute to Korean media on the Korean affairs ranging from education and economics to politics and North Korea nuclear issues.
Culture of Extreme Studying Leaves Young South Koreans Ill Prepared for Real Life
November 2018
Gi-Wook Shin, director of APARC, was quoted in South China Morning Post.
Stanford Korea Program’s Conference Draws Leading Korean Studies Scholars to Advance a Shared Vision for the Field’s Future in North America
November 2018
How can Korean studies faculty cultivate supportive and critical scholarly communities with graduate students?
Events
Human Capital and Development: Insights from Korea's Transformation
March 24, 2017
South Korea's persistent economic growth combined with a democratic political system has transformed the country into a developed nation.
Overcoming Economic Malaise: Strategic, Educational and Social Innovation for South Korea
May 4, 2016
South Korea has relied on its export-oriented development model to become an economic powerhouse, but has now reached the limits of this model.
Globalization, Innovation, and Culture in Korea
April 22, 2016
The 8th Annual Koret WorkshopSouth Korea has become an economic powerhouse, but faces multiple challenges.
Projects
Diversity and Tolerance in Korea and Asia
A new research collaborative examines diversity issues and challenges in Korea and greater Asia.
English
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary School Teachers
Hana-Stanford Conference on Korea for U.S. Secondary Teachers was established at the Korean Studies Program in 2012 with the generous support of Hana Financial Group.
English
Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia
Launched in January 2011, Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia is a three-year research initiative at the Walter H.
English
Multimedia
A Conversation with the Author of "Superficial Korea"
October 2017
Dafna Zur, assistant professor of East Asian Language and Cultures at Stanford University, leads a discussion of Superficial Korea, a book by Gi-Wook Shin, professor of sociology and Shorenstein APARC director, which was recently published in...
Can India Ever Become a Great Power?
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center seminar, "Can India Ever Become a Great Power?" with Ashley J. Tellis on Jan.
Can Korea Compete for Global Talent?
April 2016
Video and transcript from the Stanford+Connects event in Seoul, South Korea, on March 15.
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