Higher Education Research from the Perspective of Comparative Education in Japan

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  • 比較教育研究と高等教育研究
  • ヒカク キョウイク ケンキュウ ト コウトウ キョウイク ケンキュウ

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<p>　 The purpose of this article is to examine the situation of higher education research from the perspective of comparative education. Higher education is, by its nature, borderless. Compared to primary and secondary education, higher education becomes more transnational and international along with recent globalization. In this situation, areas covered by higher education research and comparative education research naturally overlap each other. The overlap has been observed in Japan before since people realized the importance of the method of comparison from the very beginning.</p><p>　 There is a common trend in two academic journals, Japanese Association of Higher Education Research (JAHER) and Japan Comparative Education Society (JCES), that the majority of their articles are based on domestic issues and the number of the articles on transnational higher education recently has started to increase. On the other hand, articles in JAHER mainly focus on U.S.A., higher education studies in JCES focus on Asia, U.S.A. and Europe.</p><p>　 Analyzing titles of presentation in annual conferences of JAHER and JCES, the major themes of JAHER include quality assurance, evaluation, and financing, while more presentations in JCES are focusing on so-called macro level, such as system, institutions and policies. In both societies, studies on globalization and internationalization are increasing, however, research on “practice” of higher education is very limited, which obviously need to be paid more attention and developed.</p><p>　 The method of comparison in higher educational research becomes more and more important now, when the need of educational reform which meets the requests of international society is increasing and transnational higher education rapidly expands.</p>

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