A Study on the Comparison Area History of Formation of Imbalance of Higher Education Institution between Prefectures in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530998
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIKAWA Takuji 名古屋大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 教授 (50230694)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地域間格差 / 高等教育構造 / 公立大学 / 専門学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study tried to clarify the reason why some prefectures established higher education institutions in each area during the 1940s and others not.
The conclusions are as follows; In the first half of 1940s when many public medical colleges were founded the provincial parliaments firstly suggested to set up those institutions and the local governments accepted their suggestions. The screening by the Ministry of Education did not function normally in the era. So even colleges that have only poor equipment were easily authorized. In the prefectures where national or public higher education institutions were not established, there were conflicts on image of higher education institution on both the provincial parliament level and the local government level.

Free Research Field

教育学