区域教育中心：时尚，品牌还是创新？

Education Hubs: A Fad%2C a Brand%2C an Innovation?

跨国教育最新的发展动态是区域教育中心。本文对主张成为区域教育中心的六个国家和地区在该领域取得的进展进行评论和比较。文章探讨区域教育中心的含义，提出一种初步的定义，建议将区域教育中心分为三类———学生中心、技术劳动力中心、知识和创新中心。文章指出，需要进一步对区域教育中心进行研究和反思：它究竟是一种时尚，还是品牌战略，或是值得认真关注和投资的创新举措。

The most recent developments of cross-border education are education hubs. This article reviews and compares the developments in six countries/region which claim to be an education hub. It explores the meaning of education hub， introduces a working definition， and proposes a typology of three kinds of education hubs as follows: student hub， skilled work force hub， and knowledge/innovation hub. Furthermore， it identifies issues requiring further research and reflection on whether hubs are a fad， a brand or an innovation worthy of serious attention and investment.