A Passionate Commitment to University Education

The Higher Education Researches of the late Professor Kitamura

Abstract

　 Professor Kazuyuki Kitamura passed away on December 25, 2013. As one of the major pioneers of higher education studies in Japan, he bequeathed to posterity about fifty books and four hundred articles. Focusing especially on Prof. Kitamura’s passionate commitment to the goals of university education, this paper commemorates his legacy by examining the path of his academic explorations, the major academic achievements represented by his works, and the personal characteristics that formed the foundation of his thinking. In this way, the paper shows various facets of the late professor’s research as a source of inspiration for future generations of students.