Japanese Higher Education Reform Trends in Response to Globalization and STEM Demand

Autor/in	Yamada, Aki
Titel	Japanese Higher Education Reform Trends in Response to Globalization and STEM Demand
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 9 (2017) 1, S.14-22 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Trends; Global Approach; Educational Demand; STEM Education; Innovation; Competition; Educational Policy; Knowledge Economy; 21st Century Skills; Competency Based Education; Labor Needs; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsentwicklung; Globales Denken; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; STEM; Wettkampf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf
Abstract	Globalization has had a substantial impact in the educational field as new ranks of students increasingly have opportunities and the capability to enter higher education and study abroad. Mass access to higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon, as evidenced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO 2016) statistics that global enrollments in higher education have increased 56 percent from 2004, with most recently available 2014 reporting indicating 207 million enrollments world-wide. Amidst these changes is a rising demand for students to enter into the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, which offer high quality jobs that stimulate economic development and fulfill increasing human capital needs in their respective industries. STEM fields comprise majors ranging from chemistry, physics, software engineering, statistics, and beyond. Given the importance of globalization and STEM development in ongoing global higher education reform, this article examines those trends and how Japanese higher education seeks to drive innovation and global competitiveness through STEM reform. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01