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Translating higher education in the British Empire : the question of vernacular degrees in Postwar Malaya

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Abstract

This paper analyses the decision of British academic advisors to deny vernacular university degrees in post–war Malaya. As a case study, this decision was important as one element in the first systematic effort to build up higher education in the British Empire.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmpires, post-coloniality and interculturality : new challenges for comparative education
EditorsLeoncio VEGA
PublisherSense Publishers
Pages217-232
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9789462097315
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameComparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)2214-9880
ISSN (Electronic)2214-9899

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