Japan's "Top Global University" Project

Thirty-seven Japanese universities were selected as Japan's "Top Global University" project, a governmental funding initiative in September, 2014. This project aims at promoting universities' international recognition and competitiveness by internationalizing and conducting unive...

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Published inInternational higher education no. 81; pp. 27 - 28
Main Authors Shimmi, Yukiko, Yonezawa, Akiyoshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.2015
Subjects
Hochschulbildung
Hochschulpolitik
Hochschulreform
Internationalisierung
Japan
Universität
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Summary:Thirty-seven Japanese universities were selected as Japan's "Top Global University" project, a governmental funding initiative in September, 2014. This project aims at promoting universities' international recognition and competitiveness by internationalizing and conducting university reforms on various aspects of the university operation. After describing the characteristics of the current project, we discuss the potential consequences, such as, micromanagement of the government on the university reform, isomorphic standardization of the internationalization approach, and the widening gap among universities. (HoF/text adopted).
ISSN:1084-0613
2372-4501
DOI:10.6017/ihe.2015.81.8742