University Reform Policy and the New Image of University

Abstract

While universities have been deregulated over the past three decades, the burden of audits and evaluations from the government and the market has increased, and universities have had to deal with them in a ritualistic way as called as the "audit society". In addition, the funding system that encourages university reform has hindered stable management and created a situation of exhaustion. However, a new image of university is now being sought, a "transformative university" that will lead social transformation within a new autonomous contractual relationship between the state and the university. In this paper, we will first look back at the university reform policies of the past few decades to examine the relationship between the state and universities and the image of universities. We will also examine the structural problems of the allocation of governmental funds to universities and the evaluation of university performance.