Policy Issues in Higher Education Reform : Focus on the University and Graduate School(SPECIAL PAPERS 2: Educational Policies after the Reports of the National Council on Educational Reform)

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  • 高等教育政策の展開 : とくに大学と大学院を中心に(II 課題論文II「臨教審以後の教育政策」)
  • 高等教育政策の展開--とくに大学と大学院を中心に
  • コウトウ キョウイク セイサク ノ テンカイ トクニ ダイガク ト ダイガクイ

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In this paper, the author sets out to clarify the problems arising from the University Council's reports concerning the current status and future of Japanese universities and graduate schools as well as points of dispute concerned with the so-called deregulation of University Chartering Standards revised by the Ministry of Education in 1991. The contents of the paper are as follows: 1. The concept of a university in the reports of the University Council. 2. The problem of liberalization and deregulation in the new University Chartering Standards. 3. The problems in the introduction of a system of self-checking and self-evaluation by universities. The author points out that as a result of the implementation of the new Chartering Standards the boundary in terms of the curriculum as between senior high school and university has become unclear. In the course of this process, the autonomy of Japanese universities has also become unsettled as a result of the University Council's reports. In conclusion, the author gives a warning that the introduction of self-evaluation has a tendency to lead to a system of teacher appraisal and to bring about a situation in which university autonomy becomes a mere shell.

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