大学における教育改善等のための組織体制のあり方 : 12年間の組織体制の変化と課題

The main purpose of this research is to: 1) clarify the national context and the role of organizations in supporting educational reform in universities; 2) reveal the present conditions and challenges of educational improvement activities, including faculty development (FD) and staff development (SD); 3) chart the establishment and role of "the platform" as a new trend, according to the questionnaire survey that followed the framework of research carried out in 2005 by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research; and 4) report figures regarding the tide of recent university education reform—e.g., university education centers—with reference to interviews with the vice-presidents of three universities.
The study found that, by virtue of the complicated and multi-dimensional nature of the issue of university education reform, university education centers are installed as a correspondence device in response to multi-dimensional problems. As a result, centers were often reorganized and re-named according to each new problem that universities face, reflecting changes in policy and a change of the university environment.