Does Getting into a First-Choice University Affect Learning Attitude in Japan?
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Published: 19 October 2023

Does Getting into a First-Choice University Affect Learning Attitude in Japan?

Ryo Takeshita

Chukyo University, Japan

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10.31014/aior.1993.06.04.782

Pages: 1-11

Keywords: First-Choice University, Japanese University Students, Learning Attitude, Satisfaction with University Life, Study Time

Abstract

In Japan, one in two people attends university after graduating from high school, and the annual university dropout rate is low. However, more than 80% of university students study for less than 10 hours a week outside of class. If high school graduates cannot pass the first-choice university exams and enter a university that is not their first-choice university, they might lose motivation to study harder because they cannot receive the desired education or curriculum. To investigate whether those who pass the entrance exam for their first-choice university spend more time studying outside class than those who do not, I used microdata on Japanese university students. From the OLS estimations, I found that whether students study is likely to be more influenced by their satisfaction with their university life than by whether they were able to enroll in their first-choice university. Additional ordered probit estimations concerning students’ learning attitudes revealed that students who were dissatisfied with their first choice displayed higher levels of laziness than students who were satisfied with their first choice.

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Data


Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (2022a) School Basic Survey (accessed on 2023, October 4)

https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/toukei/chousa01/kihon/kekka/k_detail/1419591_00007.htm

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (2022b) Survey on students’ academic status (dropouts/leave of absence) (accessed on 2023, October 4)

https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/coronavirus/mext_00007.html

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https://www.nier.go.jp/05_kenkyu_seika/seika_digest_h27a.html

The Social Science Japan Data Archive, Center for Social Research and Data Archives, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo (2021) Career awareness survey of university students, 2019

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