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Higher education in Japan is being significantly transformed by a set of interrelated factors that include issues of access and expansion, equity and privatization, capacity and quality assurance, and the challenges presented by increasing globalization.
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Tanaka, Y. (2011). The Dilemma of Higher Education Policy Choices in Japan. In: Neubauer, D., Tanaka, Y. (eds) Access, Equity, and Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119215_8
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