Academic Freedom Under Siege: Higher Education in East Asia, the U.S. and Australia

1 Academic Freedom under Siege: What, Why, and What Is to Be Done; Zhidong Hao.- 2 Commercialization and Corporatization vs. Professorial Roles and Academic Freedom in the U.S. and Greater China; Zhidong Hao.- 3 The Role of Commercialization and Corporatization in University Shared Governance: An American Case Study; Zhaohui Hong.- 4 Professors as Intellectuals in China: Political Roles and Academic Freedom in a Provincial University; Zhidong Hao and Zhengyang Guo.- 5 Academic Staff's Dual Role in China: Academic Freedom in a Prestigious University; Xiaoxin Du.- 6 Freedom to Excel: Performativity, Accountability and Educational Sovereignty in Hong Kong's Academic Capitalism; Wai-wan Vivien Chan, Hei-hang Hayes Tang and Ross Lap-kin Cheung.- 7 In Search of a Professional Identity and Academic Freedom: Higher Education in Macau and the Academic Role of Faculty; Zhidong Hao.- 8 How Commercialization and Corporatization Affect Academic Freedom in Higher Education: A Case Analysis of a University in Taiwan; Emily Jin-Jy Shieh and Sheng-Ju Chan.- 9 Turtles or Dragons? Academic Freedom in Japanese Universities; Edward Vickers.- 10 South Korea: Managerial Wisdom in Higher Education for a Selective Academic Repression; Jae Park.- 11 Commercialization and Corporatization: Academic Freedom and Autonomy under Constraints in Australian Universities; Linda Hancock.- 12 Afterword; Peter Zabielskis.-