External pressure and the current situation of young people exposed to Japanese universities
"Current Status of University Reform and Its Whereabouts Part 1"First, I touched on the impact of changes in the domestic 18-year-old population on universities.As for private universities in the country, 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 (small and medium-sized universities). I introduced that it is an oligopolistic market situation that 556 schools) are competing for each other.
The decline in the 18-year-old population suggested that the capacity was likely to be weeded out from smaller universities.
"Current Status of University Reform and Its Whereabouts Part 2"Now, I have considered the evolution of INTERNET EDUCATION, the evolution of automatic translators, and the impact of the evolution of virtual reality (VR) 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, Japanese universities are not only rapidly shrinking the market due to the decrease in the domestic 18-year-old population, but also due to the development of science and technology, the wave of the highest education that has evolved overseas is rushing to Japan, and the existence value of Japanese universities is enhanced. I will rob you.This is considered to be the scenario of Japanese university selection that will occur in the near future.
"Current Status of University Reform and Its Whereabouts Part 3"Now, I touched on the world-class Minerva University, which is innovating human resource development methods from a completely new perspective.
The characteristic of Minerva University is that it completely overturns the preconceived ideas and stereotypes of Japanese universities.
1. There is no lecture on basic knowledge, and each student learns in advance at INTERNET EDUCATION.
2. Real-time online active learning for all university lectures
3. Students from all over the world learn from each other in a boarding system
4.4. Visit 7 cities around the world in XNUMX years and conduct internships in various places
5. Tuition fees are 1/4 of top-class universities (there is also a needs-based full tuition exemption system)
Minerva University, which is a typical example of the evolution of overseas education rushing to Japan, can be said to be the completed form of a state-of-the-art human resources development institution that perfectly combines the merits of both real and virtual.
In this way, it has been shown that various external pressures surrounding Japan are heading toward the selection of universities.
"Current Status of University Reform and Its Whereabouts Part 4"So, we have examined the issues of university reform by arranging the external pressures that accelerate the selection of universities as seen from the future predictions surrounding higher education institutions in 2100 into three.
Then, what direction should Japan's higher education institutions take to understand the future and see it as an opportunity?
In "Current Situation of University Reform and Its Whereabouts, Part 5", I would like to summarize my opinion on the four directions for Japanese universities to survive.
