What are the wonders of the signs of university transformation in the world on Japanese universities?-University Journal Online

What can be seen from the latest examples of educational innovation at world-class universities?

　In "Current Situation of University Reform and Its Whereabouts, Part 1", I first touched on the impact of changes in the domestic 18-year-old population on universities.The university market is greatly influenced by the dynamics of the 18-year-old population and the university enrollment rate.

　First of all, as for private universities in Japan, only 4% of large universities (23 schools) have acquired 45% of all applicants, and the remaining 55% of applicants are 96% of small and medium-sized universities. He introduced that it is an oligopolistic market situation where universities (556 schools) are competing for each other.

　Next, we simulated the impact of the decline in the domestic 2018-year-old population after 18 on universities.The expected decrease in the 2025-year-old population will decrease to the extent that 287 universities with a small enrollment capacity disappear in 2031, 378 in 2045, and 500 in 2100. do.He mentioned that in 556, more than 20 universities would disappear, and the number of private universities in Japan would drop to less than 18. The decline in the XNUMX-year-old population suggested that the capacity was likely to be weeded out from smaller universities.

　In "Current Situation of University Reform and Its Whereabouts, Part 2", we have considered the impact of the evolution of INTERNET EDUCATION, the evolution of automatic translators, and the evolution of virtual reality on domestic universities.The development of science and technology shows that even large-scale top-class Japanese universities can be an external pressure.

　In other words, in Japanese universities, not only the market is rapidly shrinking due to the decrease in the domestic 18-year-old population, but also the wave of the highest education that has evolved overseas is rushing to Japan due to the development of science and technology, and the existence of Japanese universities It robs you of value.This is considered to be a scenario of Japanese university selection that will occur in the near future.

　In "Current Status and Whereabouts of University Reform, Part 3", a world-class university was opened to innovate human resource development methods from a completely new perspective.I would like to consider the impact of the new signs of external pressure on domestic universities.

[1] External pressure to promote university selection Part 3 “Innovative university was born”

　A university was opened in 2014 to innovate human resource development methods from a completely new perspective.That is Minerva Schools at KGI.At this university, professors at Harvard University and Stanford University, who were worried about the situation where university education in the United States was not able to respond to the changing needs of modern society, met with Silicon Valley managers and said, "Active learning with the highest learning effect. It is a comprehensive university established to realize the mission of "providing methods to talented students around the world at a more reasonable cost."