Nearly a quarter of all private universities in Japan lost money in 2001, according to a report released last month by a quasi-governmental agency. As a result, many institutions have been forced...
The article discusses the lack of enrollment at several private colleges in Japan. According to the article, Japan's ministry of education has announced that almost half of the country's 550 private four-year universities are below their government-set recruitment targets. Japan's low fertility rate and its demographic conditions are contributing to the schools' enrollment problem.
Japanese education experts say they are unable to support the controversial rejection of applications for three new universities by new Minister of Education Makiko Tanaka, who said too many universities would erode higher education standards.
Many Japanese private institutions, including half the junior colleges (which cater heavily to women), have lost money in the last two years. Causes include decreasing overall enrollments stemming from a falling birth rate, economic recession, and an increase in the number of new institutions. Some of the troubled private institutions have had to shut down. Others pursue policy to avoid this fate. Cost cutting falls heavily on staff. Measures to make institutions more attractive often center on attracting nontraditional students--businesspeople, homemakers, and retirees.
Japanese courts in major cities have issued rulings on prepaid tuition fees at private higher education institutions: to be returned or not. Referring to several elite and other private institutions, the Tokyo District Court sentenced them to return the prepaid tuition to students who did not enroll, though they had been admitted.
A Japanese university has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a decline in its enrollment. The case, the first of its kind, could mark the start of a trend in Japan, where the birthrate -- and, along with it, the pool of college-age students -- has steadily shrunk for more than a decade.
The owner of a private Japanese university was arrested this month and charged with making off with millions of dollars in government subsidies while his institution ran up such huge debts that it was reportedly close to shutting down.
The operators of Kwansei Gakuin University and Seiwa College, both in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, plan to merge in spring 2008, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Wednesday.
Allowances sent from home to freshmen at private colleges in the 2012 academic year fell to a record low average of ¥89,500 per month, a recent Tokyo college staff union poll has found.
Transatlantic talks are going on between Princeton University and the University of Oxford about increasing their cooperation in the sciences. Oxford officials said the discussions between the two...
Tokyo Keio University, Japan's most prestigious private university, will expand its adult-education program by opening a new campus in April in Marunouchi, one of Tokyo's key business districts.
Tokyo Students in Japan will be able to apply to Japanese universities via the Internet next year when an association of 120 private universities introduces an experimental online-application...
Tokyo For the first time in Japan's history, a public university and a private university have agreed to let students and faculty members work on both campuses.
Dozens of private colleges and universities here -- seeking to cut costs -- will form a holding company that will take over many of their administrative operations.
Many candidates wanting to run for office in University of Delhi's student elections hit a stumbling block late last month: The Indian institution insisted that those with political aspirations...
The owner of a private Japanese university was arrested this month and charged with making off with millions of dollars in government subsidies while his institution ran up such huge debts that...
High-risk financial instruments—such as currency derivatives and “power reverse dual currency bonds”—were attractive to universities and other nonprofit organizations, including temples and hospitals, because they offered what appeared to be safe returns that were higher than those from government bonds. The investments peaked just before the global recession hit. Fujita Health University later lost $240-million, and Nanzan University $230-million. Hundreds of lawsuits over the losses are pending.