Practices and Challenges of the Collaborative Education Projects in the University Collaborative Promotion Corporation: The Case of University Alliance Yamanashi

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  • 大学等連携推進法人における連携開設科目の実践と課題 : 「大学アライアンスやまなし」の事例
  • ダイガク トウ レンケイ スイシン ホウジン ニ オケル レンケイ カイセツ カモク ノ ジッセン ト カダイ : 「 ダイガク アライアンスヤマ ナシ 」 ノ ジレイ

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In this report, I would like to describe the background of the formation of the General Incorporated Association “University Alliance Yamanashi” and introduce the practice of the liberal arts collaborative courses in the collaborative education projects of the University Collaborative Promotion Corporation. The background of the collaboration between University of Yamanashi and Yamanashi Prefectural University is as follows; 1) The two presidents, both of whom had a mindset of reform, are close friends, 2) We have a shared sense of crisis regarding university management and higher education, 3) The two universities are geographically close and their faculty structures are complementary. We have developed three principles for collaboration; 1) Maintaining the autonomy and originality of each university, 2) Win-win relationship between the two universities, 3) Leading trials that also serve as models for other universities. And we have set out three aspects of our collaborative projects; 1) Collaborative educational projects that take advantage of the strengths and characteristics of both universities, 2) Student support projects that take advantage of economies of scale, 3) New university branding aims at regional development. In the first year, 53 courses were offered, including 39 liberal arts courses, and 2,982 students took these courses. This year, 132 courses (including 3 graduate school courses) are offered. The results of the cooperative education projects are as follows; 1) A mindset of university reform based on university cooperation has been fostered, and momentum toward further university reform is growing at both universities, 2) Mutual cooperation has been strengthened and a regional cooperation platform has been established centering on the Regional Human Resource Development Centers of both universities, and both universities are becoming a leader in human resource development in the region, 3) University functions will be further enhanced through strategic redistribution of resources obtained by university cooperation projects. Finally, we are planning to unify our liberal arts education offerings, to jointly offer early childhood education courses and teacher training programs, and to develop a new joint undergraduate courses in the future.

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  • 名古屋高等教育研究

    名古屋高等教育研究 23 27-41, 2023-03

    Center for the Studies of Higher Education, Nagoya University

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