On The Analysis For The Emergence Of Private Universities During The Meiji Restoration In Japan

Historically, Japan, since the 1868 Meiji Restoration which set the whole country to prosperity, could expand its progress, making an exception among most countries of Asia in the procedure of being colonized. The chief factor leading to the success of Meiji Restoration was Japan's attaching great importance to education. In those days, Japan was devoted to developing its national and public education, including private schools and institutions, and some private universities also emerged. The paper will make a multi-viewpoint research on the reasons why Japan's private universities had grown up during the period. The history of its private education, its political environment, economic consideration and the role of its cultural elements all contribute to the development of its private universities. The reasons of the upsurge of Japan's private universities lie in the working together of its political, economic and cultural elements, to which the spread and development of its private education also gave specific meaning. Its educational decree issued can be considered a reflection of its politics enforced by the government, which created a stable and operable rules and regulations for its private education. At the same time, the appearing of private universities can never be separated from its economic forces, because economy can't be developed without talents, vice verse. Meanwhile the function of its culture acted as the deep down environment factors of private universities'growth, because Japan as well as its private universities is adept in leaning from others, which can really help them develop a school of its own. Because the combined effect of these factors,Private universities have an rapidly development in Era of the Meiji Restoration in Japan.