Family-Run Universities in Japan
In Japan almost 80% of all university students attend private institutions. According to some estimates, up to 40% of these institutions are family businesses in the sense that members of a single family have substantive ownership or control over their operation. This paper examines how such universities in Japan have negotiated a period of major demographic decline since the 1990s: their experiments in restructuring and reform, the diverse experiences of those who worked and studied within them and, above all, their unexpected resilience. It argues that this resilience derives from a number of ‘inbuilt’ strengths of family business which are often overlooked in conventional descriptions of higher education.
Date:
4 December 2020, 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue:
Zoom
Speakers:
Dr Jeremy Breaden (Monash University),
Professor Roger Goodman (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Organisers:
Dr Giulio Pugliese (University of Oxford),
Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford),
Dr Natalia Doan (University of Oxford)
Host:
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Part of:
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hw4VCDyaRNmioNUmGSdrdA
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Natalia Doan
