JAPAN: Decline of Doctoral Applicants—Crisis for Innovation? [Scholarly Article - International Higher Education, 2021]

Title:

Japan: Decline of Doctoral Applicants—Crisis for Innovation?  

 

Author: 

Yukiko Shimmi  

 

Published:

International Higher Education [The Boston College Center for International Higher Education], Winter Issue No. 105 (2021)

https://www.internationalhighereducation.net/en/handbuch/gliederung/?articleID=3120#/Beitragsdetailansicht/837/3120/Japan%253A-Decline-of-Doctoral-Applicants%25E2%2580%2594Crisis-for-Innovation%253F 

 

Abstract: 

For a number of reasons, while the number of doctoral graduates has been increasing in leading countries, in Japan the number of new entrants to doctoral programs has been decreasing. In order to bring innovation to society and industry, Japan needs to enhance the attractiveness of its doctoral programs with stable and long-term support.