At the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy of the government, the issue of restraining the expansion of universities in the 23 wards of Tokyo was taken up, and a proposal was made by a private lawmaker to request the establishment of a system to promote integration with national universities and withdrawal from university management.It seems that the reorganization of private universities is aimed at efficiently allocating the national budget, and it is going to be included in the economic and financial management guideline "Honebuto no Hoshi" to be formulated in June.
According to the Cabinet Office, Motoshige Ito, a professor of the Faculty of International Social Sciences at Gakushuin University, said that the decline in the 18-year-old population would require considerable in-depth behavioral adjustments for university reform, and went beyond national, public and private boundaries. It was recommended to consider building a framework that enables business integration and reorganization.
Regarding the concentration of universities in Tokyo, he pointed out that universities need to concentrate resources where they need them on the premise of scrap and build.
Takeshi Niinami, president of Suntory Holdings, a private lawmaker, argued that all national universities other than the former Imperial University should be prefectural universities, and that multiple prefectural universities in the prefecture should be integrated with private universities to further develop human resources who can play an active role in the region. bottom.
On the other hand, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirokazu Matsuno urgently needed to reform the system for a university with a strong foothold in order to revitalize local universities. Comprehensive examination is important. "
Kozo Yamamoto, Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, reiterated his intention to curb the expansion of new universities in the 23 wards of Tokyo and promote the establishment of satellite campuses in rural areas.
reference:[Cabinet Office] 29 Meeting Information List> 6th Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy
