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

Sugiyama Jogakuen University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Aichi, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2020
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April.1.2021 – March.31.2028）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Sugiyama Jogakuen University
Overview
Sugiyama Jogakuen University was founded in 1905, and it makes universal humaneducation in accordance with the educational philosophy of Sugiyama Jogakuen,“Nurturing Humanity, the aim of its education. The University formulated a mid-termplan for the 2014-2019 academic years, and has been continuously endeavoring in
concrete reforms by establishing an action plan every year.
As for its university-wide promotional framework for internal quality assurance,
the University Operational Council, which was established under the President, bears that
responsibility based on a policy formulated in 2018, and the University has been steadily
making improvements as the president directs each organization. Moreover, eachorganization bears responsibility for its internal quality assurance, and has beenendeavoring to make tangible improvements. However, role-sharing within the internal
quality assurance system of the University Operational Council, the University
Conference, and the Graduate School Committee has not been clarified. Moreover, it ishoped that the University will make further endeavors as the University Operational
Council in conjunction with each organization has not been able to make the internal
quality assurance system function effectively. For example, improvement support foreach undergraduate and graduate division by the University Operational Council, theorganization that promotes internal quality assurance, is insufficient.
Regarding education, the University promotes university-wide total life design
education, and has been building a curriculum that cultivates awareness of career designfrom an early stage by establishing required university-wide common subjects. We
understand that the University will implement measures to enrich its total life design
education hereafter, and the fact that it will be enriched further as a distinctive education
based on its educational philosophy is promising.
Moreover, it is commendable that the University has established a frameworkfor generously implementing various kinds of student support and that its support has
been continuously maintained.
On the other hand, we would like the University to correct its course as there areissues with regard to research guidance plans and judgement criteria for research findingsin specific subjects having not been specified in some graduate schools. Furthermore,
additional improvements are needed with respect to student quotas in some graduate
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Hereafter, it is expected of the University to identify university-wide issues andreinforce its endeavors in improvement and progress regarding them by improving thefunctionality of the internal quality assurance promotional framework built around theUniversity Operational Council.
Suggestions for Improvement
Internal Quality Assurance
While the University established the University Operational Council as theorganization bearing the responsibility for promoting internal quality assurance, theauthority and role-sharing it has with the University Conference and the Graduate
School Committee is unclear in operational terms. Moreover, improvements areneeded as improvement support based on the check and review results regarding eachundergraduate and graduate division by the University Operational Council isinsufficient.

Educational Program and Learning OutcomesWhile the University has established assessment policies in order to gauge thelearning outcomes indicated in its degree award policies, improvements are needed
so that it can properly ascertain and assess learning outcomes as we cannot say thatboth faculties and graduate schools have been able to properly ascertain and assesslearning outcomes based on the assessment policies.

Student Enrollment
 With regard to the ratios of student enrollment to the student enrollment cap,
improvements are needed so that student quotas are thoroughly implemented in
graduate schools as the Master's Program of the Graduate School of Life Studies islow at 0.33 and the Master's Program of the Graduate School of Modern Management
is low at 0.40.

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Recommendations
Educational Program and Learning OutcomesIn the Doctoral Program in Life Studies at the Graduate School of Life Studies,neither the methods of research guidance nor its schedule are specified as part of
the research guidance plan. Therefore, we would like the University to make
improvements so that these are specified and made clear to students in advance.

In the Master's Program in Human Environment at the Graduate School of LifeStudies, judgement criteria for research findings in specific subjects have neither
been published in print nor on its homepage. Therefore, we would like theUniversity to correct its course.

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