As the national subsidy calculation method for law graduate schools changes, the subsidies of four schools, Komazawa University, Kinki University, Hokkai Gakuen University, and Seinan Gakuin University, will be zero in 2016, according to a summary by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. I did.This is the first time that the number of grants has been reduced to zero.At law schools, there are a number of graduate schools that stop recruiting due to the slump in the number of applicants, but if the subsidy is cut, part of the salary will be in the red, so it seems that graduate school management will become even more difficult. ..

 According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the new calculation method was introduced in 2015, and the basic amount of subsidy is set from 0% to 90% of the teacher's salary based on the passing rate of the bar examination, etc. A mechanism to add according to efforts for improvement. Even if it becomes 0%, it will be added if there are drastic efforts such as coalition with other schools, but 4 schools did not see such efforts and the subsidy became zero.

 Meiji University, where the professor leaked the bar examination questions, applied to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for an initiative aimed at adding subsidies, but withdrew it because it "caused a socially serious incident."The subsidy amount will be reduced by 60% while the basic calculation amount remains at 40%.
On the other hand, Waseda University's 145% was the top, followed by the University of Tokyo at 135%, Hitotsubashi University at 130%, Keio University, and Kyoto University at 120% each. Of the 2016 schools that were eligible for subsidies in fiscal 43, 10 schools, including Waseda University, exceeded the amount of subsidies that had been provided in the past, and the remaining 33 schools fell below.

 Forty-one schools applied for the efforts to aim for the addition, and seven schools, including Doshisha University, which presented a program corresponding to internationalization, and Okayama University, which advocated cooperation with the region, received the highest addition.However, 41 schools such as Nanzan University were not allowed to add anything.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] Regarding the examination results of the Law School Public Support Review Strengthening / Addition Program

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