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Original news and analysis on higher education in Japan and around Asia.
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My name is Charles Jannuzi. I come from a very tiny place called Scotland--Scotland, PA, USA. Believe it or not there is actually a film named after the place, based on MacBeth. But the film was not actually filmed on location in Scotland, PA. I now live in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
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Latest posts on Japan Higher Education Outlook (JPNHEO)

New Issue of ELT in Japan (Issue 5, OCTOBER 2012)
New Issue of ELT in Japan (Issue 5, OCTOBER 2012) Posted on 21/10/2012

ELT in Japan Issue #5 (October 2012) ELT in Japan Issue #5 (October 2012) ELT in Japan (Issue 5, OCTOBER 2012) In this issue: 1. Pronunciation in the Japanese Elementary EFL Classroom: A...   Read more
Japan Times: Japan's top university aims for autumn school year start within 5 years
Japan Times: Japan's top university aims for autumn... Posted on 05/04/2012

The hopes are that a fall start to the school year (instead of the April start that is the standard in Japan) will encourage Japanese students to study abroad more as well as draw more...   Read more
Japan's top university--Univ. of Tokyo--tries to recruit students from India
Japan's top university--Univ. of Tokyo--tries to... Posted on 29/02/2012

Chinese nationals dominate the 140,000 international tertiary students in Japan now. japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120228a7.html excerpt: The University of Tokyo opened an office in the...   Read more
Japan public civil servants--including university faculty--hit with 8% pay cuts
Japan public civil servants--including university... Posted on 29/02/2012

But university faculty have never fully been given collective bargaining rights or the right to strike. See: asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120219-328806.html excerpt:...   Read more
Japan Times: Japan's Universities Floundering at Reform and Revitalization
Japan Times: Japan's Universities Floundering at... Posted on 20/02/2012

Japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120123ts.html excerpt: On Nov. 21, 2011, the Government Revitalization Unit (GRU) took up the issue of reform of Japan's university system. Five themes were...   Read more
Japan Times: Top University in Japan Plans to Shift Undergraduate Enrollment to Fall
Japan Times: Top University in Japan Plans to Shift... Posted on 20/02/2012

Japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120218f1.html excerpt: The University of Tokyo's move [to shift undergraduate enrollment from spring to autumn] would have a far broader and deeper effect on...   Read more
New issue (#4) of 'ELT in Japan'
New issue (#4) of 'ELT in Japan' Posted on 09/10/2011

ELT in Japan started here at Japan Higher Education Outlook as special features about teaching EFL in Japan. It is now a sister blog and online publication. The latest issue is here:...   Read more
Accreditation of HE in Japan: English-language resources and links
Accreditation of HE in Japan: English-language resources... Posted on 26/08/2011

I read through the English-language pages of the accrediting organizations' websites. Japanese language content tends to be more extensive and updated more frequently, but I'm...   Read more
University accreditation in Japan: Problems and possibilities for reforming EFL education
University accreditation in Japan: Problems and... Posted on 26/08/2011

This article by Bern Mulvey updates the situation on accreditation in Japan's HE system. What is needed now, perhaps, is more analysis as to what the accreditation actually does and...   Read more
Reply to Taikibansei on the reply to "FACTOID #2: Are universities and colleges in Japan accredited? "
Reply to Taikibansei on the reply to "FACTOID #2: Are... Posted on 26/08/2011

Note: the original discussion (now also posted at this blog) is at the url debito.org/?p=5503 . True to form, David Aldwinkle refuses to publish my rebuttal of Taikibansei's response...   Read more
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