Academic and Non-Academic University Staff of Student Affairs during the Early Period of Post-War Japan: Focusing on the Staffing and In-Service Training in the Mid-1950s

Abstract

In Japanese higher education, "student affairs" and "welfare and guidance" play an important role. However, in recent research on higher education, the exploratory concept of "the academic and non-academic staff of student affairs" is not necessarily clear after World War II. Relying on primary sources which I unearthed and collected, this study examined the historical role of "the academic and non-academic university staff of student affairs" in the mid-1950s in Japanese higher education. As a result, the importance of analyzing the staffing in "the department of student affairs" and the in-service training is shown.