2023 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 89-94
In considering higher education in the post-COVID-19 era, this report provides an overview of developments in Japanese adult education, particularly focusing on the case of graduate-level business programs highly evaluated by working adults. It explores the applicable educational methods and evaluation approaches of these examples, and the relevance they might have to future university-level education. For this study, the author visited and surveyed two schools, the Graduate School of Management of Globis University and the Graduate School of Nagoya University of Business and Commerce. Data included conversations with educational leaders from both institutions, as well as a collection of related program documents.
When considering post-pandemic higher education, it is necessary to go beyond simple face-to-face vs. distance delivery issues, but rather reflect on the different qualities of each kind of educational method -for example, synchronous vs. asynchronous learning formats- and the way they relate to a universityʼs teaching and learning management. It is also necessary to have an organizational strategy to incorporate such curricular innovations, as well as the educational processes and assessment policies to make it all integrate smoothly.
