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CHAPTER 5 EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN THEl970's
3 Educational Reform in Japan
(3) The Basic Guidelines for the Reform of Higher Education
10. Improving Governmental Financing of Higher Education, the System of the Costs Borne by the Beneficiaries and the Scholarships System


To develop higher education further, and to maintain and raise the quality of higher education, it would be desirable for the government to give qualified private institutions for higher education a subsidy amounting to a certain proportion of their expenditure reasonably estimated and fixed in terms of the institutions' objectives and the nature of their activities. In doing so the government should have a long-range educational plan, and the institutions should be permitted to use the subsidy flexibly and effectively. The application of this formula to the provision or financial resources for national and public institutions of higher education should also be considered. In this case, however, it should be noticed that the sum including tuition fees borne by the beneficiaries should be made more appropriate, so that any great differences in 'the finances available will not result from differences between founders or from differences between areas of specialization.

When the government's -measures for dealing with the above problems are discussed, a thorough examination should also be made of the national scholarship system, with the intention of furthering equality of educational opportunity and of encouraging talented individuals to enter those areas where they are most needed.

Furthermore, taking into account the social role of institutions of higher education it would be desirable for not only the government but also the society in general to give a considerable degree of financial support to them.


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