Cross-Institutional Study for Languages: A Case Study in Ad Hoc Planning

Yuko Kinoshita

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50925-5_9

Cross-Institutional Study for Languages: A Case Study in Ad Hoc Planning

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Higher education institutions often claim that their decision-making processes are driven by a concern for economic efficiency. This “efficiency” is often poorly defined. It has led some universities to reduce course offerings by sharing courses with neighbouring universities. Often, language courses have been chosen as the target. This chapter first presents a case study: data on the effects of replacing on-campus course delivery with cross-institutional arrangements, for Japanese language education between two universities in Canberra—the University of Canberra and the Australian National University. It then discusses what the resulting reduced number of language learners might mean, and the possible social costs of this change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Intersections in Language Planning and Policy
Editors	Jean Fornasiero, Sarah M. A., Reed Rob Amery, Eric Bouvet, Kayoko Enomoto, & H
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland
Pages	137--150
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-50925-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50925-5_9
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Cross-Institutional Study for Languages: A Case Study in Ad Hoc Planning. / Kinoshita, Yuko.

Intersections in Language Planning and Policy. ed. / Jean Fornasiero, Sarah M. A., Reed Rob Amery, Eric Bouvet, Kayoko Enomoto, & H. 1. ed. Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2020. p. 137--150.

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