The quality assurance system and market forces in Japanese higher education |
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| Authors: | Akiyoshi Yonezawa |
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| Institution: | (1) Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University/National Institution for Academic Degrees, 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8512, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This article analyzes thedevelopment of the quality assurance system andchanges in market forces in higher education inJapan. First, the article focuses on thefunction and impact of self-monitoring andself-evaluation systems as unique processesoriented towards decentralization and internalreflection. Second, the changes in marketforces in higher education during rapideconomic globalization are discussed. Third,the possibility of external evaluation by theNational Institution for Academic Degrees isintroduced as a bureaucratic approach to showaccountability in the national universitysystem. Finally, the relationship between thechanges in the quality assurance system and thechanges in market forces is addressed. |
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