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

Keiai University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Chiba, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2014
Accreditation Status: accredited（Accreditation Period: April.01.2015 – March.31.2022）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Keiai UniversityOverview
Keiai University (hereafter, the University) was founded as Chiba Keiai University ofEconomics in 1966, and then changed its name to Keiai University. After reorganizing
its faculties and departments, the University contains two faculties, the Faculty ofEconomics and the Faculty of International Studies. In the Faculty of InternationalStudies, the Local Child Education Major became the Department of Child Studies in
2011, and joined the Department of International Studies. In the Faculty of Economics,
the Department of Business Administration was newly established in 2013. The campus
is located in Inage, Chiba city, Chiba prefecture, and the University is engaged in
education and research activities according to its founding spirit.
After its accreditation review by Japan University Accreditation Association(JUAA) in 2007, the University has been actively engaged in the support of its students.
For example, under the initiative of “Chiba Ichiban Project” (“No. 1 in Chiba Project”),
the University has created indicators of competencies and skills required for business,and by integrating the career education intended to develop such competencies with jobplacement guidance, it has set up a comprehensive career support system.
However, issues remain which need to be addressed, such as the shortage of fulltime faculty members and the continuous failure to fulfill the admission quota. Theseissues should be improved. By conducting regular self-study activities in cooperation
with each section, and by setting up an internal quality assurance system and making it
functional, it is expected that the University will be more successful.
Notable Strengths
Student Support

It is commendable that by integrating career education with job-placement guidance,
the career support system is making great strides in assisting with successful jobhunting for students, and the numbers of those who seek employment and who
actually find jobs are increasing. The Career Center takes the initiative in analyzing
the needs of local industries by inviting local businesses to participate in surveysadministered by the University. These surveys define the required competencies
and skills for satisfying business needs as six survey indicators. “Chiba IchibanProject” (“No. 1 in Chiba Project”) applies the findings of the surveys by offering
subjects such as Career Planning, and Career Design within its formal curriculum,and in addition it holds many practical courses and in-house screening tests.

Suggestions for Improvement
Enrollment
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The ratio of transfer students to the student admission cap is low at 0.48 in theDepartment of Economics in the Faculty of Economics and at 0.59 in theDepartment of International Studies in the Faculty of International Studies. Thesenumbers should be improved.

Administration and FinanceSince there is a gap between the target figure and the performance figure in theFourth Mid-term Management Plan, the University should review the plan3

constantly and achieve the proper PDCA cycle. A fixed amount, including
expenditures for the investment in facilities, needs to be saved for the capital funds
every year, and to ensure this is possible the University should formulate a more
realistic financial plan including a plan for loan repayment.
Internal Quality Assurance
While the Self-study Committee has met several times each year, the central focus
has been to address the certified evaluation and accreditation. Although the review
at the individual faculty level and the assessment of performance has been carriedout in the Report of the State of Faculty Activities and the review of each section
has been carried out in the annual report, those reviews have not been linked withthe self-study of the university as a whole. The University should improve its
internal quality assurance system and make it functional so that the self-study
activities are carried out according to the University’s own policy.

Area of Serious Concern
Faculty and Faculty Organization
In 2013 and 2014, the University as a whole must have hired one more full-time
faculty in order to satisfy the legal requirements. This must be improved.

Enrollment
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The average of the ratios of last five years of enrolled freshmen to the freshmen
admission cap and the ratio of enrolled students to the student enrollment cap are
low at 0.85 and 0.76 respectively. At the faculty level, those ratios are low at 0.83
and 0.72 respectively in the Faculty of Economics, at 0.89 and 0.81 respectively in
the Faculty of International Studies, and especially low at 0.81 and 0.70
respectively in the Department of International Studies in the Faculty ofInternational Studies. These numbers must be improved.