University Accreditation Results(Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for university)

Jobu University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Gunma, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2017
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April.01.2018 – March.31.2025）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Jobu University
Overview
Jobu University (hereafter, the University) was established in 1968 by its parent
institution, Gakubunkan, founded five years earlier. The University initially consistedof one commerce program, but as a result of expansion and reorganization over theyears, the University now has two undergraduate schools (Faculty of BusinessInformation Sciences and Faculty of Nursing) and the Graduate School of Business
Administration (a master’s program). With campuses in the cities of Isesaki andTakasaki, Gunma Prefecture, the University carries out education and research
activities guided by its founding spirit of “arakusadamashii (the spirit of endurance andtenacity).”
After its accreditation review by Japan University Accreditation Association(JUAA) in 2010, the University has made several organizational changes. In 2014,
three departments under the Faculty of Business Information Sciences and twodepartments under the Faculty of Management Information Sciences were integrated
into two departments under the Faculty of Business Information Sciences. TheSelf-Study Promotion Committee was later launched as a working group reporting tothe Education Research Center Steering Committee. Before applying for this latest
university evaluation and accreditation review, the new committee put together in 2016
the Report on Internal Evaluation Results, a compilation of the self-study reports ofday-to-day activities submitted by Corporate Headquarters, Education and ResearchCenter, the FD Committees of the graduate school and two undergraduate schools, andthe committees and organizations of each faculty. For all these efforts, however, theroles of the organizations tasked with shaping these interventions into actual
improvement and reform have yet to be defined.
The review recognizes the Sports Medical Support Center established as partof the university reorganization as a distinguishing feature of the University. Created inconjunction with the Judo Therapist Course of the Department of Sports and HealthManagement, Faculty of Business Information Sciences, the facility helps to promote
the education goals of the Judo Therapist Course and also supports extracurricular
activities.
The review also found that some issues previously identified as areas of

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improvement remain unaddressed. The University is advised to address these issues,for example, the failure to stipulate the goals of each faculty in the university
regulations and the lack of assessment criteria for selecting graduate school teaching
staff. Over-enrollment in the Faculty of Nursing is another problem that requires
attention. To address these issues, the University is advised to develop and implement
systematic policies and processes on a university-wide basis to assure the quality of its
education, and JUAA looks forward to its continued progress.
Notable Strengths
Education and Research Organization
The Sports Medical Support Center catering to the entire university community
not only serves as a practical training grounds for students of the Judo Therapist
Course in the Department of Sports and Health Management, Faculty of BusinessInformation Sciences, but also provides physical care to students participating insports, which are popular extracurricular activities at the University. Aspiring
therapists can support the training or rehabilitation of injured fellow students underteacher supervision outside of class. The Center is both a place to receive care andto practice giving care and is commended for serving the two functions of teachingand student support.

Suggestions for Improvement
Mission and Purpose
The University is advised to stipulate the education and research objectives ofeach undergraduate school in the university regulations or other such regulations,
including the objectives of student development.

Faculty and Faculty Organization
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The Graduate School of Business Administration is advised to establish
assessment criteria for selecting graduate school teaching staff.

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Educational Content, Methods, and Outcome

The undergraduate and graduate schools are advised to stipulate the learning
objectives that students are expected to achieve upon completion of the program in
their degree award policy statements.

The undergraduate and graduate schools are advised to stipulate the basic policy
relating to teaching content and methods in their curriculum design andimplementation policy.

Although the syllabus is produced in a uniform format across the University, thelevel of details varies from course to course, with some parts missing the weight ofevaluation items in the final grade under “grading methods and criteria.” TheUniversity is advised to address this issue.

The Faculty of Business Information Sciences is advised to implement anindependent faculty development program for improving teaching content andmethods.

The Graduate School of Business Administration is advised to establish
assessment standards for research paper on a specific topic, which should be
separate from the master’s thesis assessment standards, and to publish thesestandards in the “Master’s Program in Business Administration Graduate Course
Overview” or other such publications.

Student SupportIn the student counseling room and the infirmary on both campuses, a counselor
and a physician are on duty just once a week. The University is advised to ensure
the facilities are staffed by professional healthcare providers throughout the week.

Internal Quality Assurance
The University launched the Self-Study Promotion Committee as a working groupreporting to the Education Research Center Steering Committee to perform5

self-study. However, the roles and relationships of these organizations are unclear,and the mechanisms to translate the self-study results into improvement activities
are weak. The University is advised to define its commitment toward internal
quality assurance, perform self-study more regularly, and put in place policies andprocesses for linking the findings to improvement interventions.
Area of Serious ConcernEnrollment
The average ratio of freshman enrollment to the freshman enrollment cap over thepast five years and the ratio of student enrollment to the student enrollment cap arehigh at 1.30 and 1.21, respectively, in the Faculty of Nursing, and must belowered.