大学上級管理職向け研修・教育プログラムの現状と課題

抄録

The society’s demands for university education and research have been increasing. Consequently, the role of university management teams, which lead reform, is also becoming increasingly important. Further, Japanese university management personnel have insufficient experience in advanced training and follow the main trend of cultivating personnel based on work experience.

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the current status of educational programs and the challenges that university management teams face with a focus on training for senior management positions at universities. The main points of the article are thus outlined. First, in many programs, training differentiated from the developers of the training is being conducted; however, after conducting an analysis of the lecture themes and presentations of both the training materials, we can say that similar content is being presented. Second, the main trend is to learn basic knowledge about higher education, university policies, policy trends, and case reports from the lectures. Third, a recent trend has been the growth of new output educational programs, such as discussions among the participants. A training program conducted for the targeted subjects, such as new appointees, has been increasing; however, almost no training programs are available for training deans.

With respect to more such essential challenges in Japan, unlike that of the West, the external market for senior management positions in universities is not being developed because subsidy measures dictate strong policy guidance, and it is difficult to perceive the need for strategic management at universities. It is becoming necessary to change this environment while also opening up senior management positions at universities.