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... Waseda University has initiated several educational programs taught in English. ... World Class University Program begun by the Singaporean government and is setting up a joint Management of Technology program with the Nanyan Institute of Technology from 2006 ...

Japan has a highly diversified mass higher education system, consisting mainly of private institutions. In their highly developed and matured "market", higher education institutions have been ranked in terms of selectivity for many years. However, the university rankings that ...

Introduction In recent years the central issue concerning higher education in many modern societies has been the question of privatization. This stems from the fact that, on the one hand, the popula-tion going on to higher education institutions has increased remarkably while, on ...

... in Decentralised Administrative Structures: The Indonesian Example Akiyoshi Yonezawa RIHE, Hiroshima University Hiromitsu Muta ... Page 3. Akiyoshi Yonezawa ・Hiromitsu Muta having attained a certain population level, we should start from the assumption that even a strong ...

Higher education has played an important role in the social and economic development of modern-day Japan. This chapter will discuss a small handful of key themes that contribute to our understanding of the country’s higher education system, including access and expansion, finance, privatization, internationalization and quality assurance. Of these, perhaps the most important is the element of expansion, otherwise known as the “massification” of Japanese higher education.

The increasing pace and scope of global structural change has left Japanese flagship universities at a crossroads. Reflecting upon historical trends, current policy changes and respective institutional strategies for global marketing among Japanese top research universities, the author discusses possible future directions for these institutions and how key decisions may be influenced by selected national policies. By taking a more active role in building flagship universities and making use of higher education for social and economic development, the Japanese government has already taken concrete measures to keep apace with higher education policies of neighboring Asian countries. However, in the author’s view, whether or not Japan can truly develop and maintain world-class universities ultimately depends on an overall improvement in the status of East Asian higher education.

ABSTRACT This article examines the Japanese response in terms of innovation capacity and entrepreneurship enhancement under the ever-changing economic environment. Particular focus would go to the interactions among government, industry and universities in the national innovation system at a macro level, and entrepreneurship education at the institutional level. Several key universities were selected for discussion. This article argues that under the urge to supplement the internal research and development capacity of Japanese industry and maintain competitiveness, internationalisation efforts through the strong collaboration among government, universities and industry are essential to further the development of national innovation and entrepreneurship.

... Il en résulte là encore une différence de traitement financier entre les universités anciennes et les autres. ... à une sélection parmi les unités de recherche, et non parmi les établissements ; ce ne sont donc pas les unités de recherche, mais bien les établissements qui font acte de ...

This study analyses why and how academic inbreeding as a recruitment practice continues to prevail in Japan, a country with a mature higher education system, where high rates of academic inbreeding endure in most of the research-oriented universities in spite of several higher ...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze the recent evolution of the policy debate over the internationalization of Japanese higher education in times of particularly strong financial constraint, with reference also made to trends in the higher education systems of ...

This article examines the contemporary tasks of Japanese higher education, especially focusing on the engineering education. The author points out the significant role of international cooperation in engineering education to the national development of partner countries. At the same time, the collaboration should be transformed into more horizontal one, under the rapid change of global environment. The author also argues the importance of the commitment of younger generation for establishing a sustainable long term relationship between Japan and other countries

To promote sustainable development within the global knowledge-based society, the Japanese government is urging the nation's higher education institutions to internation-alize. Although a select number of Japanese universities are highly regarded in world university ...