What is the

aim of HE?
A Comparative Study of the Italian and Japanese Systems
Why do students choose HE?
 Table of contents
0 Outline of the
Systems
1 A brief description of HE in
Italy and Japan
Cultural
0 Constitutive
Elements
0 Economic Factors
and Employment
2 Student life, extra-curricular
activities, student employment,
living conditions
3 Elements from the employment
market and the economy of the
countries
All HE
institutions –
Entire
Population
Entire National
Territory
 CENTRALIZA
a TION
And how it could influence the systems
b Student life
Living alone? Working? Extra-curricular activities?
c COSTS
And what is the meaning they deliver?
 Secondary
Education and
d Studying Time
What do they mean in the Italian case?
40%
In Italy the percentage of students who take
more than expected to obtain their degree is
40%
Economi
cs!
Do you remember…
A personal
investment
«it was not considered necessary for employees to
acquire particular professional skills or knowledge
before joining a company, [for] they could pick up
these skills during lengthy on-the-job training», the
education provided by the institutions might have
turned up to become less and less requiring, especially
in the case of private institutions, with a considerable
«drop-off in quality»
 68.15%
Believe that the gained skills and knowledge is fundamental for
their current occupation

22.55%
Believe the gained skills and knowledge to be to some extent
useful on their workplace

9.3%
Believe the gained skills and knowledge to be useless on their
workplace
 Return on
# investment
How appealing is university for students in terms of
job market prospects?
And
so?
 Dear Italy,
Customer-based Teaching
systems methods
Could provide some good Maybe too much is required
inspiration More entrance from the students? And there
exams? might not always be just one
absolute truth
Education shall remain an
unexpensive right, but…
 Dear Japan,
What about foreign
srudents? First things first
For economic inflow, Establishing HE institutions
workforce and youth Centralization is not as autonomous spaces in
resources that bad which the focus is the
educational experience and
Creating more order,
the contents
establishing standards
 What is the most
crucial component
of HE?
Thank you for your attention!