(3) The Basic Guidelines for the Reform of Higher Education
12. Improving Students' Environment
In order to make education in the institutions of higher education
fruitful in the best sense of the word, in addition to the above-mentioned reforms
an enriched student life should be secured by improving extra-curricular activities
and student's environment. We must help students to develop their characters
to the fullest extent. In character formation the "dormitory" has been found
to be very important, and it is important for institutions of higher education
to improve the dormitories further. Since both now and at a later stage some
institutions may be unable to provide "dormitories", other ways must be found
to offer the educational advantages of a "group-life" that the dormitories have
offered. In addition, some other methods must be found by which the great numbers
of students who are studying may be given the chance to have personal communication
with others, and the environment must be improved to provide them with adequate
food and accommodations. If the institutions of higher education cannot accomplish
this alone, then the government must consider some appropriate measures.