November 14, 2003
Japan's Junior Colleges Face a Grim Future
Once the training ground for secretaries, the institutions scramble to find new ways to attract studentsArticle: Women's Universities Struggle in JapanBy ALAN BRENDER
Junior colleges in Japan are in a state of crisis. Enrollments have plummeted to almost half of what they were just five years ago, and applications have plunged to 25 percent of what they were 10 years ago. So far only a handful of the country's 453 two-year institutions have closed, but 18 more are planning to
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