Workshops for faculty and staff in charge of internationalization at domestic universities were held for 12 days at Temple University campuses in both Japan and the United States.Held by Temple University with the cooperation of the US Embassy in Japan, a total of 28 faculty members from 29 universities selected for English essays and staff from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology learned about university management that enhances international competitiveness. ..

 This training was planned following the symposium "University Management that Enhances Global Competitiveness-From the Case of US Universities" held at the US Embassy in June 2015. Training costs and necessary accommodation transportation in both Japan and the United States All costs were funded by the US Embassy.

 According to Temple University, the training in Japan will be held at Temple University, Japan Campus and the International House of Japan in Minato-ku, Tokyo. I hope that you will make effective use of this opportunity to realize the vision of doubling the exchange of students between Japan and the United States by 2020. "

 President Bruce Stronach of Temple University, Japan Campus gave a lecture on comparison of operating organizations of Japanese and American universities.After explaining the current state of internationalization of Japanese universities, Mariko Bando, President of Showa Women's University, was divided into subcommittees and shared the voices of the field with practitioners on four themes such as academic affairs, student service and counseling.

 In the next US training, at Temple University's main school in Philadelphia, USA, there were lectures on infrastructure for higher education management in the United States, international programs at Temple University, global collaboration, international student support, risk management, and so on.On the final day in the capital, Washington, we visited the Japanese Embassy and the US Ministry of Education and exchanged opinions with the person in charge.

 Participants said, "I couldn't think of any useful change ideas before participating in the training, but what should I do to solve the problems?" I got a lot of hints. "" Why don't you implement a similar training program for university executives? "

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