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Download full textArimoto, Akira – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2014
In the 21st century, when the universalization of higher education demands diversified students to be more involved in study and rather than in learning, the ideal of scholarship is expected to transform toward both teaching orientation and study orientation, with a focus on the teaching and study process in the classrooms with a result of being a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, College Faculty
Yonezawa, Akiyoshi – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2014
The dominant role of Kyoju-kai (the professoriate) in university governance in Japan is now facing a critical examination as part of university reforms in response to global competition. What are the determinants of the characteristics of participation in university governance by individual faculty members? In what way does the organizational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Governance
Fukahori, Satoko – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2014
The discourse that an educated workforce is essential for a prosperous and sustainable economy in a knowledge-based society has invited heightened policy interest in higher education. In effect, many industrialized countries are approaching, or have already reached universal access, with the majority of their age cohorts enrolling in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Hou, Liming – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2014
The primary goal of this paper is to examine what makes Chinese college students dissatisfied with entrance opportunities for higher education. Based on the author's survey data, we test two parameters which could be a potential cause of this dissatisfaction: 1) distributive inequality, which emphasizes the individual's dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Kaneko, Motohisa – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2010
The rapid development of higher education in the postwar period has given rise to various problems, and higher education studies in Japan have developed in response to them. What have been the major issues, and how did academic research respond to them, in postwar Japan? This article delineates an outline of higher education studies in general,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
Li, Jianmin – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2010
With the decreasing college-aged population and the transforming policy environment in Japan, private universities are confronted with management crises, such as bankruptcy, mergers, etc. As the second largest source of funding, government subsidies for private universities is considered to have contributed to enhancing educational conditions and…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Grants
