The Puzzle of Higher Education in Japan: What Can We Learn from the Japanese?.

Zeugner, John F.

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Puzzle of Higher Education in Japan: What Can We Learn from the Japanese?

Zeugner, John F.

Change, v16 n1 p24-31 Jan-Feb 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, Educational History, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Power Structure, Socialization

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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