Holistic Education: The Next Frontier in Higher Education Effectiveness

From Singapore to South Korea, Hong Kong to Malaysia, and elsewhere in the region, higher education hubs are emerging across Asia and the student enrollment has increased significantly in many Asian countries (Dessoff, 2012). This growth is attributed to the acceptance by governments that education, in all aspects of human capital and manpower planning models, is a crucial instrument for economic growth, as well as for political and social development (Chabbott, 2002).