ABSTRACT
Structurally, university professors usually prioritize research over teaching, a tradition based on the nineteenth-century German model. According to the Carnegie International Survey of the Academic Profession conducted in 1992–1993, the share of teaching-oriented professors in Japan is only 27.5 percent, while in the United States, it is 49.2 percent. Although traditional Japanese higher education has remained embedded in passive learning for centuries, the end of the Cold War has stimulated a reassessment of the traditional ways. The chapter argues that the idea of case learning in English for non-native English speakers is preferable in international affairs education for at least several reasons. The student body is a mixture of company-sponsored, government-sponsored, and private students. The faculty is multicultural, consisting of scholars with international and professional experience from Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, China, and other areas in the Asia-Pacific region.
