1. After the Deluge.
- Author
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McNEILL, DAVID
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SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011 , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *EARTHQUAKE damage , *FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011 , *HIGHER education ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan, 1989- - Abstract
The article examines how the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, Japan is having an impact on the economic conditions and organizational structure of universities in the area. It describes how Ishinomaki Senshu University is being used as a crisis center for the homeless and disaster volunteers, reports on a trend of foreign students and faculty leaving the area amid safety concerns regarding radiation from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and examines how the economic problems resulting from the disaster may force Japan's Ministry of Education to reform the country's higher education system. It also explores how power outages have impacted university research projects and provides comments from college administrator Yoshiaki Ozaki.
- Published
- 2011