Introduction 1. Globalization and Higher Education: Major Trends and Challenges 2. Policy Context for the Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurial University in East Asia PART I: QUESTING FOR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY AND PROMOTING INNOVATION 3. Diversifying the Economic Pillars and Enhancing Innovation and Research Development: Hong Kong Experiences 4. Promotion of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: South Korean Experiences 5. After Massification of Higher Education: Questing for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Universities in Taiwan 6. Asserting its Global Influence: The Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Universities in Singapore 7. Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Enhancing Research and Reforming University Curriculum in China PART II: INTERNATIONALIZATION AND TRANSNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT LEARNING 8. The Call for Internationalization: Questing for Regional Education Hub Status and Trans-nationalizing Higher Education in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong 9. Transnationalization of Higher Education in China: Development Trends, Salient Features and Challenges for University Governance 10. Transnationalization of Higher Education and Student Learning Experiences 11. Transnationalization of Higher Education and Changing Regulatory Regimes and Governance in East Asia PART III: UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE, CHANGING UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR EAST ASIA 12. Questing for the Entrepreneurial University in East Asia: Impacts on Academics and University Governance Conclusion