Wako University

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name = Wako University


motto = Freedom and Individuality
established = 1966
type = Private
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president = Masao Shiraishi(The professor of Fine Arts)
undergrad = 3621(M:2363 F:1258)
grad = 33(M:16 F:17)
staff = 355
city = Machida, Tokyo
country = Japan
campus = Suburban
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colors = Green
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website= [http://www.wako.ac.jp/index.html/ Wako University]
publictransit = nihongo|Wako University|和光大学|Wakō Daigaku is a private university in Japan, which is located in Machida, Tokyo.

Wako University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Wako-Gakuen (和光学園) (meaning Wako schools), that includes kindergarten, two elementary schools, junior high school and high school. All schools are located in Tokyo.

In fact, the university has direct attached schools, so that people who have attended from the elementary school are relatively wealthy and then they directly go to the university without taking an examination.

History

Wako University was founded in 1966 as a four-year liberal arts institution of higher learning. Wako's founder and first president, Dr. Satoru Umene, was a pioneering educator who led the postwar movement to reform Japanese higher education. From its inception, Wako University has striven to achieve the high ideal of an interdisciplinary learning community open to society and the world at large. Here, faculty and students interact freely, cherishing the clash of values and opinions, and pursue personal and intellectual growth through independent study and research and extracurricular activities. To broaden their knowledge, students are actively encouraged to take courses in departments and faculties outside their own.

Controversy

In 2004, Wako university accepted the one applicant. However, once the university had known that the applicant is Shoko Asahara's (one of the most atrocious criminals) daughter, they refused her acceptance. It was a quite controversial event. An assistant professor Eiji Otsuka resigned his job as a protester. Ironically, the president of the university when it happened was a professor of sociology Osamu Mitsuhashi who had published the book which name is "Notes of discrimination". Finally, the university was sentenced by
Tokyo District Court to pay a fine of ￥300,000 (US$2,500).

Undergraduate Departments

Faculty of Human Sciences

*Psychology and Education
*Sociological Studies
*Human and Environmental Well-being

Faculty of Representational studies

*Transcultural studies
*Art

Faculty of Economics and Business Management

*Economics
*Business and Media

Graduate Department

*Social and Cultural Studies

Faculty

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References

External links

* [http://www.wako.ac.jp/english/english.htm Wako University (English is available)]