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Comment on “Higher Education in the United States: Laissez‐Faire, Differentiation, and Research”

Comment on “Higher Education in the United States: Laissez‐Faire, Differentiation, and Research” I read Urquiola (2023) with a keen personal interest as well as an academic interest. In my 47‐year professional life, half was spent in US academia and the other half in Japanese academia. From time to time, I have compared Japanese universities with their US counterparts. Table 1 is a summary of my experiences.1TableStereotype comparison of US and Japanese “research” universitiesUSAJapanPublic versus privateMost research universities are privateMost research universities are publicFundingTuition, overhead of government grants, (alum) donation, payout from university fundGovernment subsidies; (smaller) grant overhead and corporate or individual donationsCollege admissionGPA, SAT, recommendation letters, personal statement, no in‐class exam, (connection? diversity); age does not matter, skipping grades in elementary or secondary education is possibleStrictly merit based. Scores of SAT‐like exam and university‐specific in‐class exam: Double‐blind grading. 18‐year‐old and up, no skipping gradeLanguageEnglishMostly JapaneseBroader experienceDouble major (degree) possible, study abroad is commonDouble major (degree) impossible, study abroad is rareSource of reputationTeaching and research qualityDifficulty of the entrance examTuitionVery highVery lowGraduate school scholarshipTuition waiver plus stipend are commonOnly a few tuitions waiver and no stipendSalary of facultyVaries greatly with research outcomes, and varies across disciplines as well as in the same departmentMostly age determines salary. Similar across departments as well as within http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Economic Policy Review Wiley

Comment on “Higher Education in the United States: Laissez‐Faire, Differentiation, and Research”

Ito, Takatoshi
Asian Economic Policy Review , Volume 18 (2) – Jul 1, 2023
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Abstract

I read Urquiola (2023) with a keen personal interest as well as an academic interest. In my 47‐year professional life, half was spent in US academia and the other half in Japanese academia. From time to time, I have compared Japanese universities with their US counterparts. Table 1 is a summary of my experiences.1TableStereotype comparison of US and Japanese “research” universitiesUSAJapanPublic versus privateMost research universities are privateMost research universities are publicFundingTuition, overhead of government grants, (alum) donation, payout from university fundGovernment subsidies; (smaller) grant overhead and corporate or individual donationsCollege admissionGPA, SAT, recommendation letters, personal statement, no in‐class exam, (connection? diversity); age does not matter, skipping grades in elementary or secondary education is possibleStrictly merit based. Scores of SAT‐like exam and university‐specific in‐class exam: Double‐blind grading. 18‐year‐old and up, no skipping gradeLanguageEnglishMostly JapaneseBroader experienceDouble major (degree) possible, study abroad is commonDouble major (degree) impossible, study abroad is rareSource of reputationTeaching and research qualityDifficulty of the entrance examTuitionVery highVery lowGraduate school scholarshipTuition waiver plus stipend are commonOnly a few tuitions waiver and no stipendSalary of facultyVaries greatly with research outcomes, and varies across disciplines as well as in the same departmentMostly age determines salary. Similar across departments as well as within

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Asian Economic Policy Review – Wiley

Published: Jul 1, 2023

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