Possibilities and Problems of University’s Integration and Alliance in the University’s Greater Change Era

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  • 大変革期における大学間統合・連携の可能性と課題
  • ダイヘンカクキ ニ オケル ダイガク カン トウゴウ ・ レンケイ ノ カノウセイ ト カダイ

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The purpose of this essay is to evaluate the value of university integration and alliance during a time of more institutional change. To this goal, after defining what university’s integration and alliance are, the author proposes a new image of higher education: the realization of a society in which i) higher education is accessible regardless of regional characteristics, ii) everyone can access higher education, and iii) recurrent and reskilling is achievable independent of the local community. The author highlights the following factors of the greater changes: 1) the relationship between neoliberalism and higher education, 2) the effect of the global financial crisis on universities, 3) the relationship between universities and the widening economic disparity, 4) the impact of geopolitics, particularly that between the US and China, on higher education, 5) the economic stagnation caused by the COVID-19, 6) the impact of the Ukraine war on higher education, and 7) the retreat of GAFA and the quick changes in IT environment. The neoliberal economy cannot resolve today’s problems, and universities cannot overcome difficulties based on prior experiences. We need a new vision for the university, and we should consider the university’s integration and alliance as constructive ways to fulfill that vision.

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  • 名古屋高等教育研究

    名古屋高等教育研究 23 9-26, 2023-03

    Center for the Studies of Higher Education, Nagoya University

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