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The Comparative Database System (CDS) provides a means for coding and using data on U.S. and international postsecondary educational activity and behavior. CDS permits education-data users to obtain accurate and reliable comparative data on postsecondary education questions. This document contains a discussion of the development of CDS, a detailed technical description of CDS and its relation to other databases, and advice about its use. CDS was developed as a systematic means for reporting and analyzing data provided by respondents to the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), but it can be used whenever comparative and international institutional or individual data need to be organized and analyzed. Section 1 is the overview and description background and development; concepts, definitions, and methodology; and implementation), while Section 2 (half the document) contains the data codes used in CDS (geographical regions, countries, country subdivisions, primary language of instructor, standard program types, institutional types, and standard program completion awards and institutional levels (Contains 245 references.) (SLD)
Information on the educational system of Malaysia and guidelines on the placement of Malaysian students in U.S. high schools and colleges are presented. After a brief introduction on the country and the educational system, attention is directed to preschool, primary, and secondary education. Included are reproductions of certificates of completions and grade reports from different schools, along with information on grading systems. Information is also provided on: pre-university education (higher school, university matriculation programs, and diploma programs); teacher training, including continuing education for school personnel, university education; other tertiary-level education; and nur...
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Originally published in 2001, Forming the Academic Profession in East Asia, examines the changing shape of the academic profession in South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore since the colonial period, and as a reflection of both the inherited models of higher education and their redefinition after the colonial period. The analysis takes into account the connections and disconnections between the colonial and postcolonial periods in shaping the academic profession.
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