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Direct linkKitagawa, Fumi – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2005
Based on an analysis of policy contexts in several OECD countries, this article examines the rapidly changing policy environment in Japan exemplified by the 2004 transformation of national universities into "incorporated" entities. The role of universities in the knowledge society is examined in light of the emergence of new research and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Universities, Government School Relationship
Kida, Hiroshi – 1981
Characteristics of the Japanese university and future issues, including the university's research role, are considered. More than 75 percent of university students and 91 percent of junior college students in Japan attend private institutions. Japanese universities are scattered unevenly geographically, and often they offer only certain fields of…
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
