Matching between Social Demand and University Supply of Information Science/Engineering Education --its International Comparison

重点考察了日本信息科学/工程教育的社会需求与大学供给关系的现状。具有国际可比性。为了收集适当的信息，我们采用了各种方法，包括向行业专家、大学教授发放问卷，在学术学会会议上召开座谈会，访问积极参与教育改革的大学，通过政府和大学网站收集文件，以及教育协会的官方报告。收集的信息范围从政府政策报告到课堂上的个人改革努力。应重视以下特点：(1)信息人才需求旺盛，流动速度快。应尽快提供定义更广的信息专业人才。(2)在基础知识教育和前沿信息教育之间保持良好的平衡。(3)为了活跃大学课堂，应该建立鼓励活跃教师的配套系统。(4)改革投资正在从硬件基础设施转向信息内容。(5)实施新的教育良好做法表彰制度，以鼓励改革行动。在这些观察的基础上，对教育政策提出了几点建议。

We investigated the present status of the relation between the social demand and university supply of information science/engineering education in Japan, with emphasis. of international comparison. To collect proper information we employed various methods, including questionnaires among industry specialists, university professors, symposia at academic society meetings, visit to universities active in education reform, document collection through governmental and university web sites, and official reports from education associations. The collected information ranges from governmental policy reports, to the individual reform efforts at classrooms. The following characteristic features should be taken serious:(1)The demand of information specialists is strong and moving fast. Information specialists of wider definition should be supplied quickly.(2)Good balance between education of fundamental knowledge and cutting edge information is necessary.(3)To activate the university classrooms, supporting systems which encourage the active teachers should be developed.(4)The reform investment is moving from the hardware infrastructure to that of information contents.(5)New systems to recognize good practice of education are implemented to encourage the reform actions.Based on these observations several suggestions on education policies are commented.