Issues in support measures through industry-academia-government collaboration aimed at attracting international students

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13246
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02090:Japanese language education-related
• Research Institution: Osaka Sangyo University
• Principal Investigator: Haruguchi Junichi 大阪産業大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (70461605)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: エンロールメント・マネジメント / 産学館連携 / 留学生政策 / 地方

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focuses on the acquisition and support of international students at universities. In particular, it examines the actual state of support through collaboration among industry, academia and government. It then aims to propose improvement measures based on the results.
At first, it focused on the role of the International Student Support Center, which coordinates industry-academia-government collaboration. However, due to the outbreak of COIVD-19 that began in the second year of the study period, the focus of the survey was on universities, companies, and the police.
International student support provided by the police and universities in cooperation is complementary. To attract international students in rural areas, it is essential to dig up resources not found in other prefectures. In the prefectures covered by this study, we were able to discover potential in remote islands.

Free Research Field

日本語教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究が注目する留学生の獲得は、調査期間がまさにCOVID-19の流行と重なったため、その影響にさらされた。だが、留学生受け入れ人数拡大への国策にみられる志向は、教育未来創造会議での2033年を目途として「40万人」にまで拡充したいとの発言からも明らかなように、一貫したものとなっている。一方で、ウィズ・コロナ、アフター・コロナにおいて留学生の獲得のあり方については、批判的に検証する必要がより一層高まったと言える。地方における留学生獲得は、その独自性を打ち出す必要に迫られており、本研究の示唆するところと合致する社会状況にあると言えるだろう。