FY2003 White Paper on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Reference List of Organizations in the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program and the Distinctive University Education Support Program (Good Practice [GP])

The 21st Century COE Program FY2002 Adoption by Field

The 21st Century COE Program FY2003 Adoption by Field

FY2003 Selected Efforts of the Distinctive University Education Support Program(Good Practice [GP])

CHART INDEX

Chronology of Post-War Higher Education

Figure 1 Trends in the Number of Universities, etc.

Figure 2 Trends in the Population of 18-Year-Olds, Number of Entrants and Percentage of Students Proceeding to Higher Education Institutions

Figure 3 Trends in Japan's Foreign Production Ratio by Industry

Figure 4 Trends in the Number of Employees by Occupational Classification

Figure 5 Trends in the Number of Cases of Cooperative Research Implemented between National Universities, etc. and the Private Sector, etc.

Figure 6 Total Population of Japan and Percentage of Elderly Population

Figure 1-1-1 University Reform Efforts Up to Now

Figure 1-1-2 Major Recommendations of the Report "A Vision for Universities in the 21st Century and Reform Measures"

Figure 1-1-3 Implementation of Curriculum Reform

Figure 1-1-4 Content of Curriculum Reform (FY2001)

Figure 1-1-5 Established Subjects concerning General Education (FY2001)

Figure 1-1-6 Number of Universities and Faculties Drawing up Syllabi

Figure 1-1-7 Universities Establishing Upper Limits to Credits (Number of Universities)

Figure 1-1-8 State of Introduction of the GPA System (Number of universities)

Figure 1-1-9 Adoption of the Semester System

Figure 1-1-10 Universities Implementing Faculty Development

Figure 1-1-11 State of Preparation of Graduate Schools

Figure 1-1-12 Ratio of Graduate School Students to Undergraduate Students in Various Foreign Countries

Figure 1-1-13 Trends in the Number of Doctorate (Course) Degrees Conferred

Figure 1-1-14 Installation of Remote Lecture Related Facilities that Use Land-Based Communications*2

Figure 1-1-15 Installation of Remote Lecture Related Facilities that Use Satellite Communications

Figure 1-1-16 Universities to Have Established a Credit Transfer System

A class called "Introduction to Zen Meditation" (Hanazono University)

Seminar

Figure 1-1-17 Number of Adult Students

Figure 1-1-18 State of Implementation of Internships

Taking measurements at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Fukushima National College of Technology (Graduate Reseach)

Center for Technology Reseach and Development of the Kisarazu National College of Technology (explanation at the Technology Exchange Meeting of the equipmnet analyzes materials internally)

Figure 1-1-19 State of Implementation of Public Recruitment in the Employment of Educators

Figure 1-1-20 State of Introduction of the Educator Fixed-Term Appointment System in Universities

Figure 1-1-21 State of Implementation of Self-Monitoring, Self-Evaluation, etc. in Universities

Figure 1-2-1 Main Steps in the Process of the Incorporation of National Universities

Figure 1-2-2 Incorporation of National Universities

Figure 1-2-3 Mechanisms of National University Corporation

Figure 1-2-4 Management and Organization of National Universities

Figure 1-2-5 Reorganization of Inter-University Research Institutes

Figure 1-2-6 Promotion of the Reorganization and Integration of National Universities

Figure 1-2-7 Future of Colleges of Technology

Figure 1-2-8 Founding of the Professional Graduate School System and Professional Degrees

Class using a teleconferencing system (Graduate School of International Managemant, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Table 1-2-1 State of Establishment of Professional Graduate Schools

Figure 1-2-9 Graduate Law School Concept

Distinctive Features of Graduate Law Schools

Figure 1-2-10 State of Industry-Academia-Government Cooperation

Figure 1-2-11 Direction of Industry-Academia-Government Cooperation and Intellectual Property Strategies with the Incorporation of National Universities

Figure 1-2-12 Handling of Intellectual Property in Universities-Change to Institution Attribution and the University Intellectual Property Headquarters

Figure 1-2-13 Educational Institutions Undertaking "University Intellectual Property Headquarters Development Projects"-Distribution Map by Region

Figure 1-2-14 Building of a New System to Secure the Quality of Universities

Outline of Negotiations and Discussions in International Organizations concerning the Securing of Universities of an International Quality

Figure 1-2-15 The 21st Century COE Program

Table 1-2-2 Implementation of The 21st Century COE Program

Figure 1-2-16 Distinctive University Education Support Program (Good Practice [GP])

Table 1-2-3 Themes and Efforts in the Distinctive University Education Support Program (Good Practice [GP])

Figure 1-2-17 Outline of the Japan Students Services Organization

Figure 1-2-18 Main Points of the Report

Figure 1-3-1 Outline of Higher Education Plans, etc. Previously Formulated

Table 1-3-1 International Comparison of the Number of Students at National, Public and Private Universities

Figure 1-3-2 Size of University Entrance Quotas by Region

Figure 1-3-3 Recipients of University Degrees by Field of Specialization

Figure 1-3-4 State of Student Income and Expenditures

Figure 1-3-5 Students Receiving Scholarships and Students Who Would Like to Receive Scholarships by Type of School

Figure 1-4-1 Trends in the Percentage of Students Continuing to Higher Education

Library on the campus of Columbia University, New Tork

Figure 1-4-2 Higher Education Expenses as a Percentage of GDP (2000)

The main building of Humbolt University, Berlin On the left is a statue of the tounder of the university, Wilhelm von Humbolt

Campus of Tsinghua University (Peking). (The building in the background is thelibrary.)

FY2003 Entrance Examination Process of National Universities

National programming contest for colleges of technology

The 21st Century COE Program FY2002 Adoption by Field

The 21st Century COE Program FY2003 Adoption by Field

FY2003 Selected Efforts of the Distinctive University Education Support Program(Good Practice [GP])

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