Futao Huang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Futao Huang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Futao |
| FAMILY NAME | Huang |
| SIGNATURE | HUANG F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hiroshima University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1322-7784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Leadership coupling under global-national tensions: Governance configurations in China’s leading universities
This study examines how university leadership is configured under conditions of intensifying global–national tensions, focusing on China’s leading universities. While research on higher education governance has often emphasized either managerial professionalization or state control, less attention has been paid to how these logics are combined within leadership structures. To address this gap, the study introduces the concept of leadership coupli…
Selective internationalisation: Institutional responses to geopolitical pressures in higher education
Internationalisation has long been regarded as a central dimension of higher education development, contributing to research capacity, academic quality and global engagement. In recent years, however, intensifying geopolitical competition, technological rivalry and concerns about research security have begun to reshape the conditions under which international academic collaboration takes place. Drawing on interview evidence from research universi…
A decade of change: Leadership trends in China’s leading universities (2013–2023)
This study investigates the transformation of leading university leadership in China between 2013 and 2023, drawing on a longitudinal dataset that spans Party and administrative systems across 108 leading (211 Project) universities in 2013 and 147 Double First-Class institutions in 2023. Employing a mixed-methods design that combines quantitative trend analysis with documentary and institutional-website evidence, it traces changes in leaders’ soc…
Exploring perceptions of public good(s), government, and global contributions in Japanese higher education: A phenomenographic approach
This study explores the multifaceted concept of “public good(s)” in the context of Japanese higher education. Through interviews with 11 stakeholders, including policymakers, representatives from academic associations, and institutional leaders from two national universities, the research reveals that “public good(s)” are perceived as societal benefits transcending individual interests, emphasizing inclusivity and open access. It underscores high…
Exploring academics' societal engagement patterns amid knowledge-based competitions in East Asia: Evidence from the Apiks survey
In East Asia, intensified knowledge-based competition has elevated the role of higher education in socio-economic development, prompting governments to strengthen the third pillar of university mission for innovation, sustainable development, and national competitiveness. This governmental emphasis encourages academics to expand their outreach activities toward a broader and diverse societal engagement. Meanwhile, the heightened performance-based…
Changes in doctoral graduates' employment and doctoral students' views of their future career in Japan in 2012–2018
This study investigates the employment landscape and career expectations of doctoral graduates in Japan through the analysis of three national surveys conducted in 2012, 2015 and 2018. The research explores the changing factors influencing graduates' employment destinations during this period, encompassing changes by discipline and proposing strategies to address challenges faced by these graduates. Unlike previous studies, which predominantly fo…
Neoliberalism, internationalization, Japanese exclusionism: The integration experiences of international academics at Japanese universities
The study examines the role of neoliberalism, institutional internationalization, and Japanese exclusionism in shaping the academic environment of Japanese higher education institutions by exploring international academics' integration experiences at Japanese universities.Specifically international academics' perceptions of the academic environment, and their practical behaviors while integrating into Japanese universities were investigated via s…
Changes in transnational degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023
This study explores the transformation of Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023, utilising globalisation theory. Findings reveal significant growth, particularly in undergraduate programs, reflecting rising demand. The USA and UK dominate as partner countries, while partnerships diversify to include Russia and Japan. There's a shift towards STEM disciplines and regional disparities in prog…
Internationalization of higher education in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and responses
This editorial discusses the impact from the COVID‐19 pandemic on the internationalization of higher education, focusing on what general and specific challenges internationalization of higher education in individual countries and systems has faced and will face, and what strategies they developed to deal with these challenges in a post‐pandemic world. Moreover, it outlines the COVID‐19 pandemic and both institutional and national policies for int…
Impacts of the Covid pandemic on international faculty's academic activities and life in Japan
The purpose of this study is to explore impacts of the pandemic on the academic activities and life of full‐time international faculty at Japanese universities, drawing on findings from semi‐structured interviews with them. Main findings include three points. First, although the vast majority of the interviewees believed that the pandemic has had more negative impacts on their academic activities and life, the case study of Japan suggests that th…
Japan’s higher education and the public good
Challenges to the Asian academic profession: Major findings from the international surveys
This study analyses the challenges facing Asia's academy based on major findings from the international survey which was implemented in seven selected Asian systems in 2012–2013. The study argues that the academics in these participating teams were concerned with demographic issues, academics' deteriorating working conditions, building both capacity and excellence in their academics, unsatisfactory governance and management arrangements in some s…
Changes in Japanese universities governance arrangements 1992–2017
Based on two national surveys of Japanese faculty members, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether changes had occurred in key aspects of governance arrangements in both national and private universities in Japan from 1992 to 2017. This study focuses on the changing relationships between national universities and the central government and the internal governance and management style at institutional level, due to the application of new p…
How do Chinese faculty members and administrative staff participate in governance arrangements
The purpose of this study is to explore Chinese faculty’ participation in university governance arrangements based on solid empirical data. This study found that the Chinese faculty’s participation in university governance was primarily concerned with faculty’s participation in academic committees and professors’ meetings at both departmental and college levels as well as faculty representatives’ participation in the meeting at both the faculty a…
Challenges facing international faculty at Japanese universities: Main findings from the 2017 national survey
Higher education financing in Japan: Trends and challenges
Higher education research in the Asia-Pacific
University governance in China and Japan: Major findings from national surveys
Who leads China's leading universities
This study attempts to identify the major characteristics of two different groups of institutional leaders in China's leading universities. The study begins with a review of relevant literature and theory. Then, there is a brief introduction to the selection of party secretaries, deputy secretaries, presidents and vice presidents in leading universities. Thirdly, the study uses data analysis to discuss key aspects of the personal attributes and c…
Building the world-class research universities: A case study of China
Changes in Japanese academics' teaching and research, 1992–2011
By analyzing relevant findings from two national surveys which were carried out in 1992 and 2011 with dozens of similar questions, the study explores changes in Japanese academics’ major teaching and research activities and their views of these activities from 1992 to 2011. The study begins with a brief introduction to context and main policies and strategies addressing these changes, and then it discusses major changes in academics’ teaching and…
The Changing Dynamics of Chinese Academics
Compared with other topics or fields of higher education in China such as higher education financing, governance arrangements, mass higher education, quality assurance in higher education, developm
The Changing Academic Profession in Japan
Challenges for higher education and research: A perspective from Japan
The aim of this paper is to identify key challenges facing Japan's higher education since the early 1990s and their impacts on major research themes. In this paper key challenges include those resulting from the decline in the 18-year population, the cultivation of high-quality university graduates, the incorporation of national universities, the diversification of higher education systems, and globalization and internationalization of higher edu…
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Japan's Higher Education
Higher education financing in Japan: Trends and challenges
Who leads China's leading universities
This study attempts to identify the major characteristics of two different groups of institutional leaders in China's leading universities. The study begins with a review of relevant literature and theory. Then, there is a brief introduction to the selection of party secretaries, deputy secretaries, presidents and vice presidents in leading universities. Thirdly, the study uses data analysis to discuss key aspects of the personal attributes and c…
Neoliberalism, internationalization, Japanese exclusionism: The integration experiences of international academics at Japanese universities
The study examines the role of neoliberalism, institutional internationalization, and Japanese exclusionism in shaping the academic environment of Japanese higher education institutions by exploring international academics' integration experiences at Japanese universities.Specifically international academics' perceptions of the academic environment, and their practical behaviors while integrating into Japanese universities were investigated via s…
Changes in transnational degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023
This study explores the transformation of Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023, utilising globalisation theory. Findings reveal significant growth, particularly in undergraduate programs, reflecting rising demand. The USA and UK dominate as partner countries, while partnerships diversify to include Russia and Japan. There's a shift towards STEM disciplines and regional disparities in prog…
Qualitative Enhancement and Quantitative Growth: Changes and Trends of China's Higher Education
Challenges facing international faculty at Japanese universities: Main findings from the 2017 national survey
University governance in China and Japan: Major findings from national surveys
Higher education research in the Asia-Pacific
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Japan's Higher Education
Qualitative Enhancement and Quantitative Growth: Changes and Trends of China's Higher Education
Assuring and Enhancing Educational Quality in Universities: A Perspective from Japan
Internationalization of Higher Education in the Developing and Emerging Countries: A Focus on Transnational Higher Education in Asia
This article begins with an introduction to the context and general situation of transnational higher education (TNHE) in Asia, especially in East and Southeast Asia. It then examines development of TNHE in some selected Asian countries from different perspectives and provides a detailed description of TNHE in China. The article concludes by discussing challenges and opportunities for the development of TNHE in Asia.
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Japan's Higher Education
The Changing Academic Profession in Japan
Challenges for higher education and research: A perspective from Japan
The aim of this paper is to identify key challenges facing Japan's higher education since the early 1990s and their impacts on major research themes. In this paper key challenges include those resulting from the decline in the 18-year population, the cultivation of high-quality university graduates, the incorporation of national universities, the diversification of higher education systems, and globalization and internationalization of higher edu…
Building the world-class research universities: A case study of China
Changes in Japanese academics' teaching and research, 1992–2011
By analyzing relevant findings from two national surveys which were carried out in 1992 and 2011 with dozens of similar questions, the study explores changes in Japanese academics’ major teaching and research activities and their views of these activities from 1992 to 2011. The study begins with a brief introduction to context and main policies and strategies addressing these changes, and then it discusses major changes in academics’ teaching and…
The Changing Dynamics of Chinese Academics
Compared with other topics or fields of higher education in China such as higher education financing, governance arrangements, mass higher education, quality assurance in higher education, developm
Higher education financing in Japan: Trends and challenges
Higher education research in the Asia-Pacific
University governance in China and Japan: Major findings from national surveys
Who leads China's leading universities
This study attempts to identify the major characteristics of two different groups of institutional leaders in China's leading universities. The study begins with a review of relevant literature and theory. Then, there is a brief introduction to the selection of party secretaries, deputy secretaries, presidents and vice presidents in leading universities. Thirdly, the study uses data analysis to discuss key aspects of the personal attributes and c…
Challenges facing international faculty at Japanese universities: Main findings from the 2017 national survey
Changes in Japanese universities governance arrangements 1992–2017
Based on two national surveys of Japanese faculty members, the purpose of this study is to analyze whether changes had occurred in key aspects of governance arrangements in both national and private universities in Japan from 1992 to 2017. This study focuses on the changing relationships between national universities and the central government and the internal governance and management style at institutional level, due to the application of new p…
How do Chinese faculty members and administrative staff participate in governance arrangements
The purpose of this study is to explore Chinese faculty’ participation in university governance arrangements based on solid empirical data. This study found that the Chinese faculty’s participation in university governance was primarily concerned with faculty’s participation in academic committees and professors’ meetings at both departmental and college levels as well as faculty representatives’ participation in the meeting at both the faculty a…
Challenges to the Asian academic profession: Major findings from the international surveys
This study analyses the challenges facing Asia's academy based on major findings from the international survey which was implemented in seven selected Asian systems in 2012–2013. The study argues that the academics in these participating teams were concerned with demographic issues, academics' deteriorating working conditions, building both capacity and excellence in their academics, unsatisfactory governance and management arrangements in some s…
Internationalization of higher education in a post‐pandemic world: Challenges and responses
This editorial discusses the impact from the COVID‐19 pandemic on the internationalization of higher education, focusing on what general and specific challenges internationalization of higher education in individual countries and systems has faced and will face, and what strategies they developed to deal with these challenges in a post‐pandemic world. Moreover, it outlines the COVID‐19 pandemic and both institutional and national policies for int…
Impacts of the Covid pandemic on international faculty's academic activities and life in Japan
The purpose of this study is to explore impacts of the pandemic on the academic activities and life of full‐time international faculty at Japanese universities, drawing on findings from semi‐structured interviews with them. Main findings include three points. First, although the vast majority of the interviewees believed that the pandemic has had more negative impacts on their academic activities and life, the case study of Japan suggests that th…
Japan’s higher education and the public good
Changes in transnational degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023
This study explores the transformation of Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) degree programs in Chinese universities from 2003 to 2023, utilising globalisation theory. Findings reveal significant growth, particularly in undergraduate programs, reflecting rising demand. The USA and UK dominate as partner countries, while partnerships diversify to include Russia and Japan. There's a shift towards STEM disciplines and regional disparities in prog…
Changes in doctoral graduates' employment and doctoral students' views of their future career in Japan in 2012–2018
This study investigates the employment landscape and career expectations of doctoral graduates in Japan through the analysis of three national surveys conducted in 2012, 2015 and 2018. The research explores the changing factors influencing graduates' employment destinations during this period, encompassing changes by discipline and proposing strategies to address challenges faced by these graduates. Unlike previous studies, which predominantly fo…
Neoliberalism, internationalization, Japanese exclusionism: The integration experiences of international academics at Japanese universities
The study examines the role of neoliberalism, institutional internationalization, and Japanese exclusionism in shaping the academic environment of Japanese higher education institutions by exploring international academics' integration experiences at Japanese universities.Specifically international academics' perceptions of the academic environment, and their practical behaviors while integrating into Japanese universities were investigated via s…
Exploring perceptions of public good(s), government, and global contributions in Japanese higher education: A phenomenographic approach
This study explores the multifaceted concept of “public good(s)” in the context of Japanese higher education. Through interviews with 11 stakeholders, including policymakers, representatives from academic associations, and institutional leaders from two national universities, the research reveals that “public good(s)” are perceived as societal benefits transcending individual interests, emphasizing inclusivity and open access. It underscores high…
Exploring academics' societal engagement patterns amid knowledge-based competitions in East Asia: Evidence from the Apiks survey
In East Asia, intensified knowledge-based competition has elevated the role of higher education in socio-economic development, prompting governments to strengthen the third pillar of university mission for innovation, sustainable development, and national competitiveness. This governmental emphasis encourages academics to expand their outreach activities toward a broader and diverse societal engagement. Meanwhile, the heightened performance-based…
Higher Education Governance and Development (25 works) · Higher education (24 works) · Political science (23 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Economics (17 works) · Economic growth (13 works) · Public relations (13 works) · Public Administration (10 works) · China (9 works) · Corporate governance (8 works)