著者

桑村 昭 Akira KUWAMURA

雑誌

紀要. 地域研究・国際学編 (ISSN:13420992)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.45, pp.191-215, 2013-03-23

著者

桑村 昭

出版者

山形大学

雑誌

山形大学紀要. 教育科学 = Bulletin of Yamagata University. Educational Science

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.3, pp.153(325)-186(358), 2008-02-15

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Summary : Since their deregulation in 2004, more and more Japanese national universities have been dynamically restructuring their international functions by incorporating their international linkages and student exchange components into international student services and Japanese language education functions in order to provide a more comprehensive service. This paper attempts to show how effectively they have been able to accomplish that and what major issues and challenges Japanese national universities now face. The author especially focuses on whether Japanese national universities have been successful in setting up an international office as a single, independent entity by taking in all key functions in the field of international education effectively and making it visible within the university. The author begins his argument by bringing up several key issues as to how the aforementioned functions are performed in the international program offices of Japanese national universities: office structure, management, personnel issues, and so on. He then uses three questionnaires, including his own targeted at Japanese national universities, to support his arguments and investigate whether or not there are similar issues are prevalent at other Japanese national universities. Examples of how international offices are structured and how their functions are performed at three foreign universities are also introduced and compared to their Japanese counterparts to seek possible models. In the final chapter, the author makes suggestions for better ways to run an international office, what roles faculty and staff could play and how they could collaborate in performing their duties in each functional area within the field of international education. He also proposes structural models that may be suitable for international offices at Japanese national universities.