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

Aichi Gakuin University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Aichi, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2013
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period:April.01.2014 – March.31.2021）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Aichi Gakuin University
Notable Strengths
Student Support

It is commendable that Aichi Gakuin University (hereafter, the University) has initiatedthe inter-college discussion event—“Joint Course of Eastern Hills District
Universities”—that is cosponsored by nine universities in the area. This event is also
held in collaboration with the public employment agency, Aichi Hello-Work, in its
support for new college graduates. This new initiative has provided students theopportunity to exchange their ideas with outsiders, and helped enhance employment
opportunities for students from other universities.

Social Cooperation and Contribution

It is commendable that the University has made its intellectual resources available to thepublic to promote opportunities for lifelong learning. In order to offer its “knowledge” tothe public, the University has held a series of extension lectures twice a year since 1992,
broadcasting them through radio. In addition, "Morning Seminars," in which professors
introduce various academic fields through familiar topics, have taken place since 2006.
The seminars have provided early morning learning opportunities for many citizens in
the area. In addition, the University carries out joint lecture series with several local
governments (Cities of Nagoya, Tsushima, and Nisshin) as well as open lecture series
for adults.

Suggestions for Improvement
Mission and purpose
With the exception of the Graduate School of Law, the purposes of education andresearch, including the purpose of fostering persons of talent for each department, arenot clearly defined in the regulations of the Graduate School. This should be improved.

Faculty and faculty organization
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Opportunities for education, research, and other skills development are not sufficiently
provided to improve the quality of teaching staff. This should be improved.

Educational content, methods, and outcome

The Faculty of Business and Commerce, the Department of History and the Departmentof Religious Culture in the Faculty of Letters, the Faculty of Policy Studies, the Facultyof Psychological and Physical Science, and all the departments of the School ofPharmacy do not define the requirements for completing the programs in their degree
granting policies. This situation should be improved.

Although many academic units (i.e, the School of Dentistry, the Faculty of Letters
including the Department of History, the Department of Religious Culture, and theDepartment of Global English, the Faculty of Management, the Department ofPsychology and the Department of Health and Nutrition in the Faculty of Psychologicaland Physical Science, the Graduate School of Law, the Graduate School of Letters, theGraduate School of Management, the Graduate School of Policy Studies, the Graduate
School of Psychological and Physical Science, the Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, and the Graduate School of Pharmacy) define the policies for designing and3implementing their curricula, they do not state basic ideas for organizing educational
content and methods. This situation should be improved. Also, in the "Design andImplementation of Curriculum" section of the University’s webpage of "Information
Disclosure," the requirements for completion of degrees are mentioned instead of thepolicy for designing and implementing the curriculum. The title of the item does notcorrespond with the content. This should be improved.
Many academic units (i.e., the Graduate School of Letters, the doctoral and master’s
programs in the Graduate School of Psychological and Physical Science, the doctoraland master’s programs in the Graduate School of Commerce, the Graduate School ofManagement, and the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Law) do not clearlystate the credit count for each class. In these units, the ways of systematic coursework
should be improved. Also, the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Policy
Studies requires only research work instead of coursework. The appropriate coursework
should be offered, considering the purpose of the credit-based degree granting system.

The Graduate School of Letters has not offered any systematic in-service training
opportunities to improve educational content and methods. This should be improved.

Excepting the Graduate School of Law, no doctoral program has clarified the criteria for
examining degree-seeking dissertations. The criteria for each program should beclarified in the student handbooks and made public.

Enrollment
In the last five years, the average of the ratios of enrolled freshmen to the freshman
admission cap has been high at 1.28 in the Department of Religious Culture in theFaculty of Letters and at 1.21 in the Department of Health Science in the Faculty ofPsychological and Physical Science. The ratio of enrolled students to the student
enrollment cap is high at 1.01 in the Department of Dentistry of the School of Dentistry.
This situation should be improved.

The ratio of transfer students to the transfer student admission cap is low in more thanseveral Departments such as at 0.00 in the Department of Commerce and at 0.11 in theDepartment of Business Information in the Faculty of Commerce, at 0.07 in theDepartment of Law and the Department of Law and Contemporary Society in theFaculty of Law, at 0.00 in the Department of Religious Culture, at 0.00 in theDepartment of History, at 0.29 in the Department of International Culture, at 0.29 in theDepartment of Japanese Culture, and at 0.40 in the Department of Global English in theFaculty of Letters, at 0.29 in the Department of Management and at 0.11 in theDepartment of Modern Enterprise in the Faculty of Management, at 0.18 in theDepartment of Policy Studies in the Faculty of Policy Studies, and at 0.11 in theDepartment of Psychology and at 0.16 in the Department of Health Science in theFaculty of Psychological and Physical Science. This situation should be improved.

The ratio of enrolled students to the student enrollment cap is low in several master's anddoctoral programs. Such programs include: at 0.17 in the master’s and at 0.20 in thedoctoral programs in the Graduate School of Commerce, at 0.26 in the master's programin the Graduate School of Law, at 0.20 in the doctoral program in the Graduate Schoolof Management, at 0.20 in the master's and at 0.28 in the doctoral programs in theGraduate School of Policy Studies, and at 0.20 in the doctoral program in the Graduate
School of Pharmacy, and at 0.22 in the professional degree program in the Law School.
There are no enrolled students in the master's program in the Graduate School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Law. Thissituation should be improved.

4Administration and Finance

The terms of the Dean and the Head of Instruction of each Faculty should be clarified in
the University regulations.

Area of Serious Concern
Faculty and faculty organization
The Department of Policy Studies in the Faculty of Policy Studies should hire one more
full-time faculty member in order to satisfy the Standards for Establishment ofUniversities.