Academics, both Japanese and foreign, often complain about the overall standard of Japanese universities. They describe the situation as one where students are not motivated to study because they know that future employers will judge them by the name of the university they graduate from, not the grades they get.
For a long time there has been an acceptance in Japan that university is a time for students to relax after "exam hell", and that everyone will graduate regardless of how much study they do, or how poor their results.
One foreign professor recently suggested that students who perform badly should fail/ not be allowed to graduate (the same as everywhere else in the world).
What do you think of this idea? How do you feel about the Japanese university system as it is now?
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