1st day	March 9, 2013	9:30-15:50 (Reception 18:30-20:00) (Registration 9:00~)	venue: HOTEL REGALO FUKUOKA Regalo Hall B (3F)
9:30-9:40	Opening remarks	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
Emiko Abe	President, Nagasaki Junior College
Introduction of guest speaker	Takafumi Goda	Director General Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau
9:40-10:00	Introduction
Outline of this seminar and summary of this research	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
10:00-11:50	the 1st session: The functional differentiation and its quality assurance of higher education	Chair	Naoyuki Ogata	Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Functional Differentiation of Higher and Tertiary Education Systems in the World	Ulrich Teichler	Professor, International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany
Lifelong Vocational Education in Japan and its quality assurance	Takafumi Goda	Director General Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau
Comments	Shuichi Tsukahara	Director, Department for Higher Education National Institute for Educational Policy Research
11:50-12:50	lunch time
12:50-13:40	the 2nd session: Graduate surveys for development of human resources and its verification	Chair	Tatsuo Watanabe	Associate Professor, Research Center for Higher Education, Kanazawa University
Graduate surveys around the world and the KOAB Approach in Germany	Comments	Kerstin Janson	Research Assistant, International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany
Emiko Abe	President, Nagasaki Junior College
13:40-14:00	tea/coffee
14:00-15:40	the 3rd session: Teaching staffs of higher education as tertiary education	Chair	Hiroshi Numaguchi	Professor, Daito Bunka University
Teaching staffs in non-university higher education in Japan: activities, background and competencies	Yuki Inenaga	Assistant Professor, Research Center for University Studies, University of Tsukuba
Vocational teacher education and development in Australia: Approaches and lessons	Hugh Guthrie	Principal Research Fellow, Victoria University, Australia
Professional Qualification and Personal Attributes of American Community College Faculty	Joyce Tsunoda	Professor, Seitoku University, Emeritus Chancellor for the Community Colleges, University of Hawai'i
Comments	Morikazu Ushiogi	Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
15:40-15:50	Interim summary	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
15:50-16:20	tea/coffee
16:20-18:00	closed session: Workshop on graduate survey toward education improvement	Chair	Chisako Eto	Assistant Professor, Kurume University
Results and comments about graduate surveys of Junior Colleges and Professional Training Colleges	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
Practical Uses of the Surveys of Junior College Graduates	Misako Kawamata	Associate Professor, Fukuoka Women's Junior College
Application of graduate surveys-Professional Training Colleges	Toshiharu Yabu	Professor, Saga Women's Junior College
Group work toward collaborative IR	Masao Sekiguchi	Principal, Tokyo College of Sports and Recreation
18:30-20:00	Reception	HOTEL REGALO FUKUOKA Rose Room (3F)
2nd day	March 10, 2013	10:00-16:30 (Registration 9:30)	venue: Kyushu University Hakozaki campus, Research Building for the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Human Environment Studies
10:00-10:30	Introduction	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
10:30-12:00	the 4th session: The governance of tertiary education	Chair	Yuki Inenaga	Assistant Professor, Research Center for University Studies, University of Tsukuba
New Challenge of TANKIDAIGAKU	Koki Sato	Koki Sato	President, Mejiro University and Mejiro University College
TAFE and Higher Education in Australia	Hugh Guthrie	Principal Research Fellow, Victoria University, Australia
Consecutive Interpreter	Kazuhiro Sugimoto	Associate Professor, Tohoku University
Secretary education program in junior college: introduction, development and transition	Comments	Chisako Eto	Assistant Professor, Kurume University
Hiroshi Numaguchi	Professor, Daito Bunka University
12:00-13:00	lunch time
13:00-14:30	the 5th session: Cooperation among higher education sectors and IR	Chair	Kazuhiro Nagata	Professor, Fukuoka University of Education
The relevance of Graduate Surveys for the Management of Universities	Kerstin Janson	Research Assistant, International Centre for Higher Education Research, University of Kassel, Germany
Inter-junior college collaborative education -A case of “Junior College Consortium Kyushu”	Takeshi Fukumoto	Assistant Professor, Nishikyushu University Junior College
Cooperation and Collaboration among Professional Training Colleges	Emiko Abe	President, Nagasaki Junior College
Shinichi Hirata	Chief director of the Educational Foundation Daiichi Hirata
Shinichi Okamura	Director Vice President, Vocational school YIC Group
14:30-14:50	tea/coffee
14:50-16:20	Panel discussion: summary	Coordinator	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
Panelists	Morikazu Ushiogi	Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Yu Kameoka	Chief Supervisor for Social Education, Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau
Emiko Abe	President, Nagasaki Junior College
Shinichi Hirata	Chief director of the Educational Foundation Daiichi Hirata
Joyce Tsunoda	Professor, Seitoku University, Emeritus Chancellor for the Community Colleges, University of Hawai'i
Takeshi Fukumoto	Assistant Professor, Nishikyushu University Junior College
Naoyuki Ogata	Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
16:20-16:30	Clothing remarks	Keiichi Yoshimoto	Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University

$ ^{*} $ Due to unforeseen circumstances, the program may be changed.