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Time to Crack the Books.(more Japanese students opting to earn graduate degrees)(Brief Article)
Mao Kurahashi wasn't sure whether she should get a job or stay in school. As an art-history major at Keio University, one of Japan's most prestigious private universities, Kurahashi, 23, was intrigued by historical ruins like those at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. But she learned that her degree didn't have much practical value. She wanted to join a documentary-film company, but after nine failed interviews with production firms, Kurahashi came to a sobering conclusion: her art- history knowledge wasn't deep enough. So this spring she began a master's program (at a different university) in Southeast Asian art studies. "I am glad that I came here," Kurahashi says, sitting in a campus cafe. "I think I've found what I really want to do now, which is work for an international organization to preserve ruins."
More and more Japanese students are opting to earn graduate degrees. Most are hoping to get ahead in a tight job market. But others just dawdle in academia, taking courses while working at part-time jobs. For various reasons, they're not ready to face the outside world. The number of Ph.D. aspirants in Japan last year was 62,488--more than double the number in 1991. Master's candidates have jumped dramatically, too. The surge came after the Ministry of Education's Council of Universities recommended, in the early 1990s, that Japan boost its graduate-school population. At that time, the number of graduate students in Japan per 1,000 people was 0.8, compared with 7.1 in the United States. The council said Japan needed more graduate students if the country hoped to stay economically competitive. The council also ...
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