y Higher Education Network: What is the focus of this issue?
y Higher Education Networks in East Asia
Masayuki Kobayashi
Liu Wenjuny Higher Education Networks in Japany Higher Education Networks of the University of Tokyo (UT,Todai)Center for Research and Developmentof Higher Education, The University of Tokyo
November 8.2011

y How to facilitate student mobility
y Perspectives and Conclusions

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2y Various level of Higher Education Networks in East Asiay Higher Education Network has been growing very rapidly according tothe globalization.

y Eg. Campus Asia 2009y There are various kinds of multi layer Higher Education Networks. The

y Present situation and Problems

University of Tokyo (UT, Todai) has been participating some of them.

y Individual higher education institutions has their own criteriay However, we do not have strong Higher Education Network likeof credits of the other HEIs.

Bologna Process in Asia because each Asian country has different
culture, language, and education system.

y Some governmental agencies have been discussing theseissues.
y There is no common quality assurance and credit transfer
system at present.
y The  concept  of  “East  Asia  Joint  Degree  Program”  is  still  a  dream.

y On the other hand it is very difficult to participate interregional HigherEducation Network such as ERASMUS-MUNDES.

y As one of the leading university UT has a mission to promote to build
both domestic and international higher education network.

y In particular we are trying to attract more international students andto facilitate our students to study abroad.

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y Various kind of networks

y Moderate between the Government and Universities or
Lobbyist Organizations
y Japan Association of National Universities
y Japan Association of Private University and Collegesy Association of Private Universities of Japany University Evaluation Organizationsy National Institute for Academic Degrees and University Evaluationy Japan University Accreditation Associationy Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluationy Japan Association for College Accreditationy Governmental, Alliances of HEIs, By-two HEIs, Department
or Center level, Individual faculty levely Multi layered system
y Overlapped, duplicated, inefficient, and various purposesy However it is not wise to build a unified higher education
network system at present.

5y Science Council of Japan

6y Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima
Universityy National Institute for Educational Researchy Research Center for University Education, Tsukubay National Institute for Academic Degrees and UniversityUniversityEvaluationy Center for Research and Development of Higher Education,y National Center for University Finance and Management

The University of Tokyoy National Center for University Entrance Examinations

y Japan Student Service Organizationy Japan Society for the Promotion of Science78

y Japan Society for Higher Education Researchy Japan Society for Educational Sociology
y Japan Comparative Education Societyy Liberal and General Education Society of Japany Japan Association of University AdministrativeManagement

9101112y Japanese students studying in US universities and colleges

dropped by 15% in the 2009-10 academic year to 24,800, withJapan falling to sixth place as a sending country behind China,India and South Korea.

y Kobayashi said a key reason was growing anxiety over the tightemployment market in Japan once students return.

y Fewer than 60% of university graduates managed to secure jobs

after graduation in spring 2011, an all-time low figure that also
affects students studying abroad. A government survey released
this month showed that the employment rate of science andengineering graduates dropped 10.2% this year - well below the3.8% decline reported for the liberal arts.

y Data: University World News, November 28, 2010.

Data: CRUMP (2008) National Student Survey,Kaneko (2011)

Data: CRUMP (2008) National Student Survey, Kaneko(2011)y We have a very hierarchical higher education system. The

educational levels of universities and colleges are very different.
Thus it is not easy to create a credit transfer system.

y Established in 1877 as the first university in Japany About 28,000 students, about half of them arey The student exchange systems between Japanese universities

undergraduates and the other half are graduate studentsy We have a transfer system from two-year college to four-year

y Ten faculties (13 graduate schools), 11 institutes, and 17

y The establishment of international credit transfer system is more

y About 5,800 faculty members

y How to create the parity of credits among universities is crucial

y Three campuses (Hongo, Komaba, Kashiwa)

exist, but are not very popular.

university-wide centers

university, but the number of transfers has not increased.

difficult even in East Asia area.

matter. We expect establishing more strong quality assurance
scheme will improve this situation.

y Facilities all over Japan1516

y Todai-Yale Initiativey The University of Tokyo London Officey The University of Tokyo Beijing Office

y U.S.-Japan Research Institutey At Washington DC, established by UT, Waseda, Keio, Kyoto
and Ritsumeikan

Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Data: Division of International Affairs, The University of Tokyo HP.

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Agreements with Australian Universities
University of Adelaide
University of Sydney
The Australia National University
South Australia University
New South Wales University
University of Melbourne
Monash University
Queensland University
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Data: Division of International Affairs, The University of Tokyo HP.

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Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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The University of Tokyo is a member of the following International
Research University Networks.
 IARU (International Alliance of Research Universities)
 APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities)
 AEARU (Association of East Asian Research Universities)
 BESETOHA (Beijing-Seoul-Tokyo-Hanoi - a forum of fourresearch universities for sharing academic and researchachievements)
University-wide International Research Networks
The University of Tokyo is a member of the following International
Research Networks at the university level.
ASNET (Asian Studies Network - a research network focusing on
Japan-Asia studies)
AGS (Alliance for Global Sustainability - an association ofuniversities collaborating on research towards creating asustainable global human society)

Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Revitalize the faculty organization by attracting more young researchers
Data: Forest 2015, The University of Tokyo 2010.

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Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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y Broaden student horizons by building a truly global campus
with a diverse community of faculty and students fromaround the world. Expand the scope of student
international experience, turning the whole world into
their classroom. (Example: by 2020, increase the number ofinternational students to at least 12 percent of the student
body, the number of foreign faculty members to 10 percent
or more, and the number of courses taught in English
three-fold. (Forest 2015)

Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Data: The University of Tokyo Guidebook 2011.

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Student Financial Aidyy

Very generous SFA in some American Universities

yyy

Substantial prospective students do not choose UT

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UT needs more generous SFA

However SFA is not necessarily Panacea to attract students.

200We  must  admit  world  university  rankings  affect  students’  decision  to  choose  a    university.
We  are  very  doubtful  quality  and  reliability  of  the  “world  university  rankings,”  but  it  is  not  wise  to ignore them because they have a substantial influence for prospective students.

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May be important factor in the future0

We have not provided enough information of our university to prospective students because it
considered self-evident for Japanese students. However we need to disclose our information andto provide more useful information to the public.

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professional
212 202150

masterundergraduate100

Public Relations

ydoctor250

Evaluation by Quality Assurance Agenciesyy

We try to provide scholarship and grants to all doctorial students, but the student financial aids
to undergraduates and master students are not enough to attract students

University Rankings

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46

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62

66

57

59

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44

56

48

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58

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Data: Tokyo Daigaku no Gaiyo, The University of Tokyo 2010.

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14%
12%
10%
8%
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6%
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Natural Science,
Other Univs

Natural Science,
UT

Social & HumanScience, OtherUniversity

Social & Human
Science, UT

Data: CRUMP (2008) National Student Survey,Kaneko (2011)31

Data: CRUMP (2008) National Student Survey, UT students only.

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y We have several student surveys. As we mentioned wefound very positive effects of studying abroad among
Japanese students.

y We find very positive effects of study abroad for ourstudents, too.

y Some of the results suggest the reason why our students
hesitate to study abroad.

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Data: UT Graduate Survey, 201035

Data: UT Graduate Survey, 2010

Data: UT Graduate Survey 2011.

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y UT will provide opportunity that every student has some kinds ofexperience  of  studying  abroad  by  2015  (Jun’ichi  Hamada,  President,  UT)y Strengthen bilateral relations and regional networks withother Asian universities.

y Increase short-term study abroad programs many-fold.
y Create a scholarship program supporting students overseas education.
y Positively promote study-abroad programs and offer extensive study-abroad information (including enrichment of scholarship programs,
expansion of student dispatch based on exchange agreements,
provision of effective information via the internet and study-abroadseminars).
y Institutionalize and expand a variety of short-term overseas programs
including summer programs, international internships, and volunteer
activities. Extend more assistance to student-led international
initiatives (student forums, etc.).

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Japan, China, South Korea, and other countries.

y ● Enhance cooperation with other Asian countries,
including China and India, in education and recruitment.

y Encourage education and research focusing on Asia (Asianlanguage studies, area studies, etc).
Data: Forest 2015 revised 2011, UT.

38y The number of international students in UT has beeny Set up International Centers to offer international students andforeign researchers one-stop services including registration
procedures and information on daily life in Japan.

gradually increasing.

y Offer more Japanese language courses to international students
and foreign researchers on the three campuses of Hongo,Komaba, and Kashiwa.

y On the other hand we have very small numbers ofJapanese student studying abroad, though we have many
international student exchange agreements.

y We find very strong positive effects of studying abroad iny Issue internal documents and notices in both Japanese andour Japanese undergraduate students.

English.

y One of the emergent task of UT is to facilitate Japanesey Provide administrative staff with foreign language training andstudents to study abroad, as well as to attract moreinternational students and faculty.

workshops to improve their capacity to handle internationaltasks.
Data: Forest 2015 revised 2011, UT.

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y Three tasks remain.
We think we need more active Higher Education Networks in variouslevels.

y How to build Qualification Framework and quality assurance
both among domestic universities and colleges andinternational higher education institutions
y Facilitate mobility of students and researchersy Financing of higher education network: Cost sharing andstudent financial aids

Our invisible college will help to make our networks and collaborationstronger and closer.
Thank you for listening!

masadayo@he.u-tokyo.ac.jp
wenjun@he.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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