Foreword by Randy Swing
Preface by Reiko Yamada
Part I: Trend of Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective
Chapter 1. Higher Education and Quality Assurance: Some Observations by John N. Hawkins
Chapter 2. Japanese Higher Education: Policies and Future Issues by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 3.Comparative Analysis of Campus Internationalization Trends: Between Japan and the United States by Aki Yamada & Reiko Yamada
Part II: Measuring Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter 4. Rethinking Between-College Effects on Student Learning: A New Model to Guide Assessment and Quality Assurance by Patrick T. Terenzini and Robert D. Reason
Chapter 5. Lessons from the US Experiences: Measuring Learning Outcomes and the Role of JCIRP for Assessing Student Learning by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 6. Learning Outcomes among College Students in Japan: Comparative Analysis Between and Within Universities by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 7. Quality Assurance in Education and Institutional Research by Reiko Yamada Part III: Quality Assurance of Undergraduate Education: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan
Chapter 8.What Kind of Issues and Challenges Does Japanese Undergraduate Education Face? A Comparative Analysis between the USA and Japan by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 9. A Comparative Study of Japanese and US First-year Seminars: Examining Differences and Commonalties by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 10. Development of First-Year Education by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 11.Issues of Educational Articulation between High School and University: A Comparative Analysis between the United States and Japan by Reiko Yamada
Chapter 12. Conclusion. Toward Quality Assurance in University Education by Reiko Yamada
About the Author: Reiko Yamada is a professor at Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, and a Director of Center for Higher Education and Student Research. She is the leading person in this field in Japan. Her researches on Japanese student development and learning outcomes based on college impact theory are well recognized in not only in Japan but also in the United States and Korea. The author developed the self-reported student surveys (JCIRP) from 2004 which are comparable with US surveys so called CIRP developed by HERI (UCLA) and 130,000 students participated in the JCIRP by the end of 2013.
