Nowadays, no institution can possibly survive without effectively responding to the radical environmental changes brought by globalization. Universities and colleges are no exceptions. Over the last decade or so higher educational institutions across the globe were thrown into a worldwide competition: universally recognized quality education, including study abroad experience, and regular production of cutting edge research by faculty became the sine qua non baseline features for survival. However, practical limitations linked to financial resources and human capitals exacerbate the competition further, creating gaps of performance between and within the public and private institutions. This is especially true for smaller universities and colleges, but in recent years similar trend is observed as well with larger colleges and universities. The current paper demonstrates how by systematically combining existing programs into one overarching program with a clear objective, colleges and universities can make a difference. In this paper the author argues that four conditions―strong Commitment (C) of faculty and staff; Continuity (C) of programs; Institutionalization (I) of programs; and strong Leadership (L)―offer possible keys to survival and success.

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This article investigates in detail how the United States government censored newspapers at Japanese-American "assembly centers" during World War II. These camps were temporary staging areas that accommodated the evacuated West Coast Japanese Americans before they were transferred to more permanent inland "relocation centers." Drawing on the archival records of camp authorities, this study first examines official "center regulations" that enabled press censorship. It then probes how censorship was carried out by local camp administrations. By looking at examples of press controls at major assembly camps, this study also points out several common characteristics in their practice of newspaper censorship.

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A diverse range of mobile phones is being developed in Japan with the aim of marketing the products even to primary school children. These days, "mobile-phone economy" has been evaluated positively for the increase of corporate profits and the contribution to the nation's growth of GDP. However, many children are themselves committing crime, bullies, being harmed or putting their own lives at risk through the use of mobile phones. Children's lives are in grave danger caused by the negative effect from their use of mobile phones. This paper considers a way in which the negative effect of the economic activities on their lives, known as "social losses", should be counted when we value a business and a society. The paper also considers that the traditional framework of valuation measured by market value such as corporate profits and the GDP should be replaced by a new framework which rightly values people's well-being.

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