Regarding the concentration of authority on the board of councilors consisting only of outsiders, which is being discussed at the School Corporation Governance Reform Council promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Japan Association of Private Universities may induce a new initiative battle over corporations, and it is private. He submitted a dissenting opinion to the Ministry of Education, saying that it could hinder the sound management of the university and the development of education and research.
According to the private Dalian, the Governance Reform Council is discussing the concentration of authority on a board of councilors consisting only of outsiders.Among them, a proposal to revise the Private School Law has emerged, which allows the Board of Trustees to vote on important matters of school corporations and to appoint and dismiss directors and auditors.In this regard, I Dalian argues that there is a serious problem that will ruin the sound management of private universities.
For this reason, as a private university, "The Board of Trustees will be organized by faculty members and persons involved in the establishment of the university after securing a certain percentage of outsiders, and will contribute to the public nature and sound development of private universities. The balance is not uniformly defined by the characteristics and scale of the school corporation. "
Furthermore, matters that require a vote of the board of councilors should be decided by the independence of the school corporation, not uniformly stipulated by law, including the basic way of organizational management as a corporation and the basic policy of business. It is supposed to be.
Regarding the procedure for dismissing directors, it is appropriate to proceed in collaboration with the auditor and the board of councilors, and to create a mechanism to utilize a third-party organization different from the board of councilors based on the opinions of the auditors.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's School Corporation Governance Reform Council has been discussing the revision of the school corporation system since July with 12 academic experts as members.
