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This book is a study of cross-border activity in and around
Japanese universities, employing 'Asia' as the cornerstone of
inquiry. It offers qualitative, case-based analysis of
Asia-oriented student mobility and partnership projects, framed by
critical evaluation of discourses and texts concerning Japan's
positioning in an era of Asian ascendancy. This combination of Asia
as theme and international higher education as empirical subject
matter allows the book to shed new light on some of the fundamental
policy currents in contemporary Japan. It also furnishes a fresh
approach to comprehending the modalities of regionalism and
regionalisation in the sphere of higher education.
For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of
both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to
reform at an institutional level, but Japan has still not managed
to lose its reputation as a somewhat reclusive member of the global
academic community. Consensus on the potential of
internationalisation to reinvigorate Japanese higher education is
matched by the depth of recognition that universities have, to
date, failed to internationalise successfully. This book offers a
new approach to Japan's internationalisation conundrum by
proceeding from the 'inside out'. It presents an extended case
study one university organisation that has been changed through its
adoption of a radical program of internationalisation. Through this
case study Jeremy Breaden identifies patterns by which
internationalisation is situated in administrative discourse and
individual action, and determines how these patterns in turn shape
organisational practice. The result is a multi-dimensional
narrative of organisational change that advances our understanding
of both the dynamics of university reform and the concept of
internationalisation, one of the most durable yet contentious
themes in the study of contemporary Japanese society. With detailed
analysis and an in-depth case study, this book will be of interest
to students and scholars of Japanese studies, sociology and
anthropology. It will also prove valuable to professionals and
policy makers working in higher education, both in Japan and around
the world.
In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation
remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics of
globalising processes. It draws attention to the dimensions of
conscious action in inter- and trans-national phenomena, connecting
globalisation with individuals' experience of everyday life. This
book explores how internationalisation is imagined, discussed and
operationalised in Japan and surrounding countries. The chapters
focus on educational, leisure and cultural activities, fields which
are often overlooked in favour of economic and political
developments in the literature. The conclusion reflects on the
concept of internationalisation and assesses how it is likely to
develop in Japan in future, taking into account the impact of the
Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of
both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to
reform at an institutional level, but Japan has still not managed
to lose its reputation as a somewhat reclusive member of the global
academic community. Consensus on the potential of
internationalisation to reinvigorate Japanese higher education is
matched by the depth of recognition that universities have, to
date, failed to internationalise successfully. This book offers a
new approach to Japan's internationalisation conundrum by
proceeding from the 'inside out'. It presents an extended case
study one university organisation that has been changed through its
adoption of a radical program of internationalisation. Through this
case study Jeremy Breaden identifies patterns by which
internationalisation is situated in administrative discourse and
individual action, and determines how these patterns in turn shape
organisational practice. The result is a multi-dimensional
narrative of organisational change that advances our understanding
of both the dynamics of university reform and the concept of
internationalisation, one of the most durable yet contentious
themes in the study of contemporary Japanese society. With detailed
analysis and an in-depth case study, this book will be of interest
to students and scholars of Japanese studies, sociology and
anthropology. It will also prove valuable to professionals and
policy makers working in higher education, both in Japan and around
the world.
In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation
remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics of
globalising processes. It draws attention to the dimensions of
conscious action in inter- and trans-national phenomena, connecting
globalisation with individuals' experience of everyday life. This
book explores how internationalisation is imagined, discussed and
operationalised in Japan and surrounding countries. The chapters
focus on educational, leisure and cultural activities, fields which
are often overlooked in favour of economic and political
developments in the literature. The conclusion reflects on the
concept of internationalisation and assesses how it is likely to
develop in Japan in future, taking into account the impact of the
Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
This book is a study of cross-border activity in and around
Japanese universities, employing 'Asia' as the cornerstone of
inquiry. It offers qualitative, case-based analysis of
Asia-oriented student mobility and partnership projects, framed by
critical evaluation of discourses and texts concerning Japan's
positioning in an era of Asian ascendancy. This combination of Asia
as theme and international higher education as empirical subject
matter allows the book to shed new light on some of the fundamental
policy currents in contemporary Japan. It also furnishes a fresh
approach to comprehending the modalities of regionalism and
regionalisation in the sphere of higher education.
Globally, private universities enrol one in three of all higher
education students. In Japan, which has the second largest higher
education system in the world in terms of overall expenditure,
almost 80% of all university students attend private institutions.
According to some estimates up to 40% of these institutions are
family businesses in the sense that members of a single family have
substantive ownership or control over their operation. This updated
edition of Family-Run Universities in Japan offers a detailed
historical, sociological, and ethnographic analysis of this
important, but largely under-studied, category of private
universities as family business. It examines how such universities
in Japan have negotiated a period of major demographic decline
since the 1990s: their experiments in restructuring and reform, the
diverse experiences of those who worked and studied within them
and, above all, their unexpected resilience. It argues that this
resilience derives from a number of 'inbuilt' strengths of family
business which are often overlooked in conventional descriptions of
higher education systems and in predictions regarding the capacity
of universities to cope with dramatic changes in their operating
environment. This book offers a new perspective on recent changes
in the Japanese higher education sector and contributes to an
emerging literature on private higher education and family business
across the world.
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