How has the perception of public good of HE changed in post-war Japan?
- Kiyomi Horiuchi, Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University
- Futao Huang, Hiroshima University
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Few people link the public good with higher education issues in Japan. One reason seems to be that private universities, which charge expensive tuition fees, outnumber the public sectors in Japan, making it difficult to perceive higher education as a public good which has the attributes of being non-rivalrous and non-excludable. But is it true that the vast majority of private universities has hindered the discussion of public good in higher education in post-war Japan?
Based on a discourse analysis of official documents from the government, economic organisations and associations of universities, the paper will argue that for a long time national universities were reluctant to acknowledge their social contribution. However, in the last 15 years the three key actors (government, industry and universities) have synchronised their approach to three key public functions of the higher education sector in Japan, in relation to knowledge creation, human resource development, and the social contribution. The paper is part of CGHE’s larger study of the public good role of higher education in ten countries.
This webinar was based on CGHE Working Paper 56 which you can read here.
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Kiyomi Horiuchi is an adjunct professor at Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University, Japan. Prior to the current position, he worked as an administrative staff at several Japanese private universities and then as an associate professor at the Center for International Education at The University of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. His main area of research interest is internationalization of higher education and the impact of English-medium instruction at non-English speaking countries’ higher education.
Futao Huang is professor at the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan. Before he came to Japan in 1999, he taught and conducted research in several Chinese universities. His research interests include internationalization of higher education, the academic profession, and higher education in East Asia. He has published widely in Chinese, English and Japanese languages.
