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Hinkelman, Don; Gruba, Paul – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
As blended language learning environments evolve within tertiary foreign language institutions, issues of power with regards to the privileging of electronic technologies come to the fore. Blended learning, or the principled mix of online and classroom-based activities, challenges the practices of traditional CALL and face-to-face teaching within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Facility Planning, Action Research, Computer Software
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Oba, Jun – Higher Education Management and Policy, 2005
In April 2004, all national universities, which had previously been legally subordinate to MEXT (Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture), were given a legal personality and became "National University Corporations". With this change, each national university now enjoys greater autonomy vis-a-vis the government in terms of how it uses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Corporations, Institutional Autonomy
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Zeugner, John F. – Change, 1984
Japanese universities are seen as the clearest example of faculty-controlled educational units in the world, in which internal factional struggles reach extraordinary levels. Factional strife probably lies behind the inertia of curriculum change movements at Japanese universities. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Education