SpotLight

October 21, 2024

Reforming Universal Admissions at ICU

Katsuhiko Mori

ELBA and EJU Use Admissions for Applicants with Diverse Language Backgrounds: One of the things that makes ICU's undergraduate admissions different …

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March 20, 2023

International Baccalaureate（IB）Educators Nurtured Through Liberal Arts Education

Atsuko Handa

The IB refers to educational programs the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, started offering in 1…

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November 30, 2022

Bilingual Education in Action at ICU

Akiko Fujii

ICU has implemented a thorough bilingual education since its foundation. This is because we believe it is important for our students to take a fresh…

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November 9, 2022

The Language Programs Supporting Our Bilingual Education

Ikumi Ozawa

Ever since ICU was founded 70 years ago, the university has implemented bilingual education in English and Japanese. This principle has thoroughly t…

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March 10, 2022

Critical Thinking Can Lead to Positive Appraisal of Ideas

Natsumi Ikoma

Recent interest in liberal arts in Japan has led to its introduction in the initial years of the undergraduate curriculum, or in the establishment o…

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November 29, 2021

Service-Learning: Transform Society or Yourself?

Mikiko Nishimura

In 2019, I received the following email from a freshman just after I was appointed to the Director of the Service-Learning Center. "Why do we engage…

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September 7, 2021

General Education at ICU

Natsumi Ikoma

ICU offers all students an education in liberal arts, which cultivates academic knowledge across diverse disciplines, in pursuit of creative thinkin…

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March 17, 2021

ICU's 'International' Vision & Study Abroad Programs in the COVID Era

Mark Williams

When the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic first became apparent last spring, many of us with responsibilities for international programs were le…

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February 12, 2021

Learning Support at ICU

Kose Hiroyuki

In AY2020, all ICU open campus events were held online. It was very unfortunate that prospective students could not visit the ICU campus in person. …

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January 8, 2021

ICU Admissions under COVID-19 Pandemic

Kenya Kubo

With COVID-19 still raging, we have yet to see the light at the end of the tunnel. When this disease first spread in a limited area of China, some t…

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