REGIONAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)

STRATEGY DIRECTED AT PROMOTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGING COMMONALITY AMONG SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES. NEW CAMPUS ALLOWS AIT TO: 1. ACCELERATE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGINEERING FIELD BY INCREASING STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND FACULTY; 2. COMBAT THE MIGRATION OF S.E. ASIAN STUDENTS TO WESTERN COUNTRIES FOR TRAINING AND JOBS BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY ENGINEERING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FROM A PERSPECTIVE RESPONSIVE SPECIFICALLY TO S.E. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS; 3. PROVIDE ARENA FOR IDEA EXCHANGE THRU INSERVICE TRAINING TO PROFESSIONALS; 4. PROVIDE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH PROJECTS THRU COOPERATION WITH MAJOR INFORMATION CENTERS AND DATA BANKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE ATTRACTS STUDENTS FROM BROAD GEOGRAPHICAL AND DIVERGENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. ENCCOURAGES COMMONALITY, UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS-IN-WORK ON COMMON PROBLEMS. PRODUCTION OF HIGHER QUALITY MANPOWER FAMILIAR WITH REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS ENCOURAGES ECONOMIC GROWTH, INTERDEPENDENCE AND AVOIDS DUPLICATION.