Business Overview
This project has been held since 2010 as a study group for university executives, including the presidents of member schools.
In the meantime, SD became mandatory due to the revision of the Standards for the Establishment of Universities in April 2017, and while university executives are required to provide training not only for FD but also for university management in general, the name of this project was changed to “University Executive School” in 2018, and it is being implemented on themes related to university management in general.
Outline of the event
For the 15th time, we have invited Professor Akiko Ryozumi of the Graduate School of Education, the University of Tokyo, to give a lecture titled “The Role of Universities in the Rapidly Declining Birthrate.”
Those who attend the Foundation’s General Meeting of Councilors, Board of Directors, and Members to be held on the day of the event will be asked to attend the lecture at the venue.
In addition, those who are interested in this workshop can continue to listen to the lecture online as in last year, so please apply as follows.
- schedule
- Saturday, June 22, 2024 11:30 a.m. ~ 12:45 p.m.
- meeting place
- Online (Zoom Webinar)
- sponsorship
- University Consortium Kyoto
- target
- Universities and junior colleges, executive-level faculty and staff, people from higher education institutions who are interested in the theme, etc.
- Participation Fee
- Faculty and staff of member universities and junior colleges: Free of charge
For those other than the above: 1,000 yen (advance transfer required)
After completing the application, we will send you an invoice for the participation fee by email.
If it is difficult to make a transfer by the transfer deadline, please inform the secretariat of the transfer date in advance.
【Transfer deadline】June 17 (Mon)
* We apologize for the inconvenience, but please bear the transfer fee. - Application Period
- Tuesday, May 14, 2024 10:00 a.m. ~ Thursday, June 13, 2024 5:00 p.m.
- substance
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theme “The Role of Universities in the Rapidly Declining Birthrate” summary In the midst of the rapidly declining birthrate, the ideal state of universities is also being discussed by the Central Council of Education. What kind of society will it be in the future, and what role should universities play in it? What kind of policy thinking is required to achieve this, and what is required of senior managers, faculty and staff, including presidents, who are promoting reforms at individual universities? In addition to introducing some of the discussions of the Central Council on Education, we will also introduce the latest survey results on the leadership of the President. lecturer Akiko Ryozumi
Professor, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
(Temporary member of the Special Subcommittee on the State of Higher Education, University Subcommittee, 12th Central Council of Education)Graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, and completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Education, the University of Tokyo. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), an assistant professor and assistant professor at the University Center for Education and Research, the University of Tokyo, and a lecturer and associate professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, he assumed his current position in 2021. His major publications include “University Management in Japan: Aiming for Autonomous and Collaborative Reform” (single author, Toshindo, 2020) and “Conditions for President’s Leadership” (editor, Toshindo, 2019).
Implementation Report
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the University Consortium Kyoto held the “2024 University Executive School.”
This year, we continued to hold the event online (face-to-face for members of the Foundation) so that the executive staff of universities and junior colleges, as well as faculty and staff related to higher education institutions who are interested in the theme, could participate.
On the day of the event, the presidents of member universities and junior colleges, as well as university executives and higher education institutions from all over Japan, were invited to give a lecture on the theme of “The Role of Universities in the Rapidly Declining Birthrate” by Ms. Akiko Ryozumi, a professor at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education (a temporary member of the Special Subcommittee on the State of Higher Education of the 12th Central Council on Education).
In his lecture, he talked about how universities are currently at a major turning point as the social environment becomes more complex, and how to think about these environmental changes. In addition to providing an easy-to-understand explanation of the current situation of the rapidly declining birthrate (the birthrate is declining not only in Japan but also worldwide) and how advances in AI are affecting universities, he also introduced some of the discussions on the interim report that is currently being worked on at the Central Council of Education’s “Special Subcommittee on the State of Higher Education” (established in October 2023), in which the lecturer is involved as a temporary member. He said that the committee shared a common view of future higher education policy from three perspectives: quality (improving the quality of education and research), access (expanding equal opportunities), and scale (providing socially appropriate levels of higher education opportunities).
Lastly, based on a case study in the United States, he explained that the key to the success of the president’s position is the support and trust of the constituents (faculty and staff), and that even if the university has the support of the Board of Trustees, if the support of the members is lost, the university will fall into chaos and conflict, and as a result, the Board of Trustees will lose support. The lecture ended by stating that it is necessary to have a concept of “co-governance” in which authority is shared rather than concentrated in one organization, and that there is a debate about how members should participate, but leadership in a way that draws out the participation and cooperation of faculty and staff is required.
There was a lively exchange of opinions in the Q&A session that followed, making it a meaningful training session.
Many participants commented that the content was something that many people wanted to hear, such as evidence-based analysis and recommendations, as well as a part of the discussion of the special subcommittee of the Central Council on Education.
Inquiries
University Consortium Kyoto FD Project
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〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
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