International program and provider mobility in Japan: policies, activities and challenges
International program and provider mobility in Japan: policies, activities and challenges
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日本的国际项目和提供者流动性：政策、活动和挑战
DOI：
10.1080/09555803.2021.1961842
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发表时间：
2021
期刊：
影响因子：
0.6
通讯作者：
Hirohsi Ota
中科院分区：
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作者：
Shingo Hanada;Jane Knight;Hirohsi Ota
日本传统上强调国际学生的招募和交流是其国际化战略的优先事项。然而，很少有人注意到国际计划和供应商流动性（IPPM）的日益重要性，其中包括国际分支校园，特许经营计划，国际联合大学和联合/双学位课程。本文分析了IPPM的政策、地位和作用，以满足日本高等教育的未来需求。研究表明，IPPM的全部潜力是没有实现政府的限制性规定，建立日本的程序和国际分支校园，以及在日本的外国高等教育提供者。虽然有必要制定法规，以确保质量并实现IPPM提供的多重好处，但有必要重新审查和放宽一些构成障碍的政府法规。三所日本国际联合大学的成功证明了日本大学在与国际合作伙伴合作并寻找新的IPPM机会方面的积极性和经验。对日本通过与外国高等教育合作伙伴的合作与世界接轨感兴趣的学者、政策分析家和学术界人士将从对IPPM当前和过去的活动和政策的分析以及进一步研究的呼吁中受益。
Japan has traditionally emphasized international student recruitment and exchange as priorities in its internationalization strategy. However, little attention has been given to the increasing importance of international program and provider mobility (IPPM), which includes international branch campuses, franchise programs, international joint universities and joint/double degree programs. This article analyzes the policies, status and role of IPPM to meet future needs of Japanese higher education. The study reveals that the full potential of IPPM is not realized given the government's restrictive regulations for the establishment of Japanese programs and international branch campuses abroad as well as foreign higher education providers in Japan. While regulations are necessary to ensure quality and achieve the multiple benefits of IPPM provision, there is a need to re-examine and relax some of the government regulations that serve as barriers. The success of the three Japanese international joint universities provides evidence that Japanese universities are motivated and experienced in working collaboratively with international partners and looking for new IPPM opportunities. Scholars, policy analysts, and academics interested in Japan’s engagement with the rest of the world through collaborating with foreign higher education partners will benefit from this analysis of current and past IPPM activities and policies and the call for further research.