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Cordilia, Ann – 1989
Japanese universities have been characterized by critics as "leisurelands" where students concentrate too much on amusements and too little on learning. While university experience for Japanese students does not always result in acquiring testable academic knowledge as efficiently as in high school, the university does provide a setting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation