Cross‐cultural perspectives on higher education in East Asia: Psychological effects upon Asian students

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• This article's analyses and data are taken from the author's research project entitled, ‘East Asian Universities, Their Goals, Problems, and Prospects’. Grateful acknowledgement is given to the following sources for supporting grants without which the project would have been delayed or cancelled altogether: the Bei Shan Tang Foundation of Hong Kong, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong — Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies, Chou's Foundation funds for student assistance, and Office of Student Affairs’ student assistance funds.
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