A STUDY ON SCENARIOS OF UNIVERSALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

本研究的目的是在分析国外高等教育普及化的过程和现状的基础上，对日本的高等教育政策提出几点建议。1997年和1998年，我们考察了美国、英国、法国、德国和韩国的高等教育普及化的过程、现状和政策。此外，我们还就普及化对公共行政和财政、招生政策、劳动力市场、本科课程、研究生教育、质量保证、私立大学的管理、高等教育体系的影响进行了研究。1999年，我们继续进行研究，并将研究结果归纳为三大类：在最后报告中介绍了普及高等教育的（1）进程、（2）方面和（3）前景。在报告中，我们提出了三种可以预见的日本高等教育普及化的情景或案例：（1）大众教育的继续，（2）向普及化转变，（3）复合变化。

The purpose of this research project is to propose a couple of recommendations for higher education policy in Japan based upon the results of analysis of the process and current situation of universalization of higher education in foreign countries.In 1997 and 1998, we reviewed the process, current situation, and policies of univesalization of higher education in the United States, England, France, Germany and Korea. We also made researches into impacts of universalization on public administration and finance, admission policy, labor market, undergraduate program, graduate education, quality assurance, administration of private universities, and higher education system.In 1999, we continued researches and integrated the research results into three category : (1) process, (2) aspects, and (3) prospects of universalization of higher education in the final report. In the report, we presented three scenarios or cases of foreseeable universalization of higher education in Japan : (1) continuation of mass education, (2) conversion into universalization, and (3) compound change.