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LeTendre, Gerald K.; Gonzalez, Roger Geertz; Nomi, Takako – Higher Education Policy, 2006
During the last 50 years, private "feeder" schools in Japan came to dominate entry into elite colleges. Intense organizational competition shaped the organizational environment and changed the pathways available to social elites. Compared to Japan, elite private feeders in the US have failed to dominate pathways into elite colleges. In…
Descriptors: Social Status, Foreign Countries, High Schools, College Preparation
Shiozawa, Tadashi; And Others – Journal of International Studies, 1993
This paper seeks to identify invisible factors influencing language institutions in Japan that consciously or unconsciously treat non-Japanese teachers in a totally different way from the way they treat their Japanese counterparts. Among the factors are the social, organizational, and legal parameters surrounding non-Japanese teachers in Japan.…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Foreign Nationals, Institutional Environment