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Ex-Stanford president says Japan's universities need to get priorities straight

BY LOUIS TEMPLADO AJW STAFF WRITER

2012/10/11

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photoGerhard Casper, former head of Stanford University, during a recent visit to Tokyo (Louis Templado)

In the face of global competition in research, several of Japan's top institutions have chosen to "streamline" their undergraduate programs, cut back on their liberal arts education and focus instead on technical disciplines.

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