Transition from High School to University in the Tohoku Area: Mixed Method Approaches in Educational Research

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Masahiro 筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系, 准教授 (30423362)
• Research Collaborator: Tsuda Sheisuke 筑波大学, 大学院
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 大学進学問題 / 進路意識 / 地方国立大学 / 東北地域 / 混合研究法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the role of regional national universities from the perspective of the regional high school students’desire for higher education. Specifically, we conducted a questionnaire survey on the desire for higher education among the final-year-students of 15 prefectural high schools in the Tohoku area. We then carried out factor analysis on students who wished to pursue local higher education and students who wished to pursue higher education in the Tokyo area, examining why each individual made his/her decision.
Based on the data of the survey, we concluded that most students of the high schools had a strong desire for national universities, and hence, which subject areas national universities in their region provide can be a crucial factor for these students to decide where to go.

Free Research Field

高等教育論