Fewer students spell trouble for women's universities in Japan

KOBE, May 07 (Nikkei) - Japan's demographic decline has emerged as an existential threat to the country's universities for women, forcing them to consider options ranging from accepting male students to offering new technology-oriented majors in their struggle to maintain enrollment.

In April, Kobe Shinwa Women's University relaunched as Kobe Shinwa University, a coeducational institution. It welcomed a freshman class of around 460 students that month, significantly higher than the 243 it took in a year earlier. One-third of the freshmen are males ...continue reading

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