Hokusei Gakuen Educational Corporation, which operates Hokusei Gakuen University and other schools in Sapporo's Atsubetsu Ward, held a board of directors meeting and decided to stop recruiting students for its junior college division from 2025 onwards. This is because there is no end to the decline in enrollment due to the declining birthrate and young people leaving junior colleges.
北星学園大学によると、短期大学部は入学定員120人の英文学科と80人の生活創造学科を持つが、過去3年間の入学生は英文学科が113人、82人、69人、生活創造学科が55人、77人、51人と定員割れを続けている。2023年5月現在の定員充足率は英文学科が68.3％、生活創造学科が80.6％で、北海道の少子化と人口減少、若者の4年制大学志向を考え、短期大学部の維持を困難と判断した。
Hokusei Gakuen University Junior College opened in 1951 as Hokusei Gakuen Women's Junior College, and changed to its current name in 2002 when it became co-educational. The school promotes education based on Christianity and has produced over 2 graduates.
After Hokusei Gakuen sends out its last batch of students in 2024, it will focus on managing the four-year Hokusei Gakuen University, junior high school, and high school, and will continue to promote Christian-based education.
Junior colleges are experiencing a nationwide rush to suspend recruitment due to a decline in the 18-year-old population and a growing preference for four-year universities. In 4, Sophia University Junior College, Seibi Gakuen Junior College, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University Junior College, Nagoya Women's University Junior College, Ryukoku University Junior College, and Mukogawa Women's University Junior College have announced plans to suspend recruitment. I made it.
In Hokkaido, Asahikawa City University, which became a public university from Asahikawa University in 2023, continues to have two departments, the Department of Food and Nutrition and the Department of Early Childhood Education, as a junior college. Hokkaido Musashi Women's University, which will become a four-university university from Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College in 2, continues to have two departments, the Liberal Arts Department and the English Literature Department, as a junior college.
