Kamakura Women’s University（鎌倉女子大学）
Evaluation summary
This university has demonstrated satisfactory compliance with the standards of the Japan
Institution for Higher Education Evaluation.
Standards

Evaluation result

Standard 1. Mission and Objectives, etc.

SatisfiedStandard 2. Students

SatisfiedStandard 3. Educational Curriculum

SatisfiedStandard 4. Faculty and Staff

SatisfiedStandard 5. Management, Administration and Finance

SatisfiedStandard 6. Internal Quality Assurance

Satisfied

Good practices○Required courses “Founding Principles” and “Founding Principles Practical Course” containcontent that enables students to think independently about the lives of modern women and improve
themselves in terms of cultural enrichment. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○As part of learning culture, it is a customary practice for all faculty and staff and students to bow
once at the start and end of classes and when arriving at and leaving the university grounds. Thisinitiative is worthy of evaluation.
○The university supports students through such measures as multiple faculty members—with classadvisers taking a leading role—providing ample consultation time for attentively listening to anddiscussing various students’ concerns regarding learning and career options, as well as providing
consultation with a guarantor if necessary. Consequently, the university has maintained low rates
of students dropping out, taking a leave of absence, and repeating a year of their courses. These
initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○ The university’s Career Guidebook includes a section on “Job Hunting for Students withDisabilities” and not only is information about how to hunt for a job widely disseminated, but also
faculty members cooperate to provide individual support to students with disabilities in accordancewith their type of disability and situation. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○Part-time lecturer meetings are held and opportunities are created for not only sharing teaching
methods but also directly explaining the university’s diploma policy and curriculum policy,
thereby devising ways to maintain educational quality. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.

○A Learning Environment and Learning Behavior Survey is held every year in order to use its results
as evaluation indicators for assessment plans, and feedback on detailed analysis results is provided
to the department, providing a concrete link to improvements in education. These initiatives areworthy of evaluation.
○The Office of Educational Research and Planning, Center for Institutional Research, has been
established as a department for conducting surveys and planning, and provides assistance for thePresident’s timely and appropriate decision-making in education and learning management
through IR activities. These initiatives are worthy of evaluation.
○As an FD (Faculty Development) initiative, full-time faculty are divided into small groups of twoor three people and peer reviews are implemented using class observations and exchanges ofopinion, leading to the mutual improvement of teaching methods. This initiative is worthy ofevaluation.
○The university has created a thorough training system, and a rich variety of training programs isbeing conducted in a range of categories including Tier-based Training, Higher Education Training,Business Skills Training, Compliance/Risk Management Training, Work-specific Training,
University-wide Administration Training, Project Training, and Seconded Staff Training. Thisinitiative is worthy of evaluation.
○ Complied and disclosed to ensure the proper execution of research expenses, the Research
Expenses Execution Manual provides detailed explanations covering a broad range of matters
rangingfrombudgetmanagement

andapplication

procedures

tomanagement/storage/disposal/acceptance inspection methods of purchased goods, travel expenses,
vouchers, and FAQs. This initiative is worthy of evaluation.
Recommendations for improvement
None.