Incorporation of national universities in Japan design, implementation and consequences |
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| Authors: | Motohisa Kaneko |
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| Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan |
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| Abstract: | As of April 1 of 2004, Japanese national universities became National University Corporations (NUCs hereafter). While the
reform was implemented in a wave of initiatives for restructuring government activities, it reflected to an extent the current
global trend toward marketization of higher education. Examination of this reform will not only help understand the current
reforms in Japan, but also illuminate some of the fundamental issues that the higher education systems in the world are facing.
In this article, I shall outline the historical and political backdrops of the reform (Sect. 1), outline the basic construct of the NUC (Sect. 2), examine the process of implementation and the issues revealed in the process (Sect. 3), and discuss basic problems involved in this scheme. |
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| Keywords: | Incorporation National university Japanese university Higher education reforms |
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