Wataru Hasegawa

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My major is "educational leadership", and I have been researching educational administration, school management, and technology-assisted education. In particular, I have experienced the management of educational organizations, which is the main theme of educational leadership, both as an actual business and as a research subject from the global perspective.

It is well known that the Japanese system of higher education was heavily influenced by the European system of higher education in the early years, and as a result, both public and private schools tend to neglect practical studies, which are emphasized in the United States. At present, in the age of post-industrialization, the educational system is on the verge of collapse. After the era of high economic growth led by the government came to an end, a new form of democratic education, which is suitable for the coming age of change and diversification, is sought after.

Any organization, not only an educational institution, must operate and manage itself in a timely manner based on an understanding of the country's unique legal system and its underlying culture. In this age of globalization, it is necessary to maintain and operate an organization while considering relationships with overseas countries and promoting IT, which evolves rapidly and never ends. In other words, IT leaders such as CIOs need leadership as a driving force, as well as the ability to continue internal education and a new form of leadership in the international networking community, in other words, "enlightened leadership".

As the first and only professional graduate school specializing in IT in Japan, KCGI was established with the mission of responding quickly to the ongoing evolution of IT and computer technology in order to respond to the serious shortage of IT human resources in the industry. Kyoto Computer Gakuin, the first computer education institution in Japan, has more than 50 years of tradition and experience. We aim to become the sole No.1 computer education institution by realizing professional education at the master level of graduate school. Based on our founding philosophy, "To cultivate applied information technology specialists who can be leaders in society", I will work to cultivate IT leaders by combining the educational accomplishments of "Human resource development required by society" achieved by the Kyoto Computer Gakuin with the knowledge I gained from the professional school I attended in the United States. I am looking forward to the enrollment of those who have great ambitions.