The government's Education Rebuilding Council reached a basic agreement Monday on a draft proposal that includes a cap on the percentage of state-run university students admitted to graduate schools at the same university, at about 30 percent.
The draft proposal, part of efforts to revitalize graduate education, was approved at a meeting of the council's third subpanel on general education-rebuilding measures, which took place in the Prime Minister's Office.
Capping access to graduate schools is viewed as an effective method of improving quality at the graduate level as it should make it easier for state-run universities to attract talented students from outside their own undergraduate programs.
Initially, the subpanel planned to set the limit at about 20 percent, but raised the figure to 30 percent to head off opposition from university officials.
The draft proposal also includes plans to attract more foreign students and foreign researchers, particularly from China and India, funded by dedicated budgets in official assistance development, as well as for preferential tax treatment for state-run graduate schools to make it easier for them to receive donations from the private sector, to place them on a firmer financial footing.
(Apr. 24, 2007)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070424TDY02008.htm
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