Commercialization and Multiculturalization of Higher Education : focusing on the recognition of Islam

日本大学和澳大利亚大学为穆斯林学生提供的宗教服务有很大的不同。然而，随着学生群体中人口结构的多样化，日本大学面临着关于宗教与国家关系的政策以及分配校园资源的原则的挑战：平等、公平或需要。澳大利亚大学的案例研究表明，高等教育的商业化和全球化有可能推动校园的多元文化主义和对该地区当地穆斯林社区的认可，特别是在较小的大学位于较小的、较少多元文化的城镇的情况下。

There is a big difference in the religious services for Muslim students between Japanese and Australian universities. However, along with the glowing demographic diversity among its student body, Japanese universities are facing challenges concerning the policy on the relationship between religion and state, and the principle of distributing campus resources : equality, equity or need. Case study of Australian universities suggest that there is a possibility that the commercialization and the globalization of higher education could propel the multiculturalism on campus and the recognition of local Muslim community in the region especially in case of smaller universities located in smaller, less multicultural cities and towns.