The government held a conference of experts to discuss the human resource development revolution at the Prime Minister's Office, and discussed university reforms such as university integration that transcended national, public and private boundaries.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, "I would like to determine a clear direction for the issues of university reform based on the basic concept and bold policy to be summarized."
According to the materials submitted by the Minister of Science, Yoshimasa Hayashi, the university is facing a sharp decline in the 18-year-old population, and the future image has not been examined by involving industry and local governments in each region. Cooperation between universities beyond the boundaries of public and private is delayed.
Estimating the future number of university enrollments in each region with the "Regional Collaboration Platform (tentative name)" that examines the future image of universities, industry, and local governments, human resources required by industry, educational programs that encourage graduates to settle in the local area, and industry After formulating guidelines that include matching with the world, he indicated that he would consider establishing a "university cooperation promotion corporation (tentative name)" that would enable university cooperation beyond the boundaries of national, public and private institutions.
The university cooperation promotion corporation is a general incorporated association certified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, with the participation of national university corporations, public university corporations, school corporations that manage private universities, research and development corporations, etc. It is envisioned that the organization will strengthen the higher education of the university, jointly carry out office work, and promote cooperation in education and research.
In addition, clarification of the roles and functions of each university, improvement of the quality of education, visualization of the abilities that students can acquire, etc. were presented as issues.
